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From Lagos Streets to Digital Art: Yomi’s Photography Journey

Craftzine, FeatureOctober 1, 202614Views 0Likes 0Comments

Photographer and digital artist Yomi documents daily life on the streets of Lagos, then reimagines it as striking digital art. In this conversation, he talks about why process matters in the age of AI, why artists should protect their work, and what galleries could do better. Let's start with you: who are you, and what…

Flourish Oyinlola Paints the Emotions We Don’t See

Craftzine, FeatureSeptember 19, 202614Views 0Likes 0Comments

Flourish Oyinlola is a Nigerian contemporary artist from Oyo State, based in Ibadan, whose oil-on-canvas work turns colour and geometric forms into quiet reflections on identity, memory and resilience. His 2026 works take on perfectionism, womanhood and the pressure of meeting expectations. Look closer, and the patterns give way to emotions we rarely show, and…

Paul Michael Tosa: The Afrocentric Dot Artist Turning African Identity Into Art

Craftzine, FeatureSeptember 14, 202622Views 1Like 0Comments

Paul Michael Tosa doesn't just paint — he counts. Thousands of dots, sometimes over months, until a canvas becomes a horse, a harvest, a city street in Abuja. He calls himself an Afrocentric Dot Artist, but the word that keeps coming up is custodian. We sat down with him to talk about the patience, the…

Black and White Isn’t the Absence of Colour” — Inside Rachel’s Journey as a Nigerian Graphite and Charcoal Artist

Craftzine, FeatureSeptember 11, 202618Views 0Likes 0Comments

Graphite and charcoal artist Rachel has spent three years turning ordinary pencils into portraits that carry memory, love, and endurance. She works only in black, white, and grey- no color at all and still manages to make paper feel alive. This is her story, in her own words. Who are you, and what does your…

Timothy Olalekan Popoola: Teacher, Paper Collage Artist.

Craftzine, FeatureSeptember 5, 202627Views 0Likes 0Comments

Most people walk past old newspapers without a second thought. Timothy Olalekan Popoola turns them into art that moves — literally, capturing dancers and figures in motion from nothing but scraps and glue. This is how a fine art teacher from Osun State built a career out of what everyone else throws away. Let's start…

Adedamola Adebukola (Founder TheArtSpaceNg)

Adedamola Adebukola: The Mural Artist Behind Theartspace.ng’s Clay Jewelry

Craftzine, FeatureSeptember 4, 202625Views 1Like 0Comments

Theartspace.ng started in Abeokuta with one clear focus: bold, large-scale murals and custom paintings. Adedamola Adebukola, the founder, built the brand on walls that tell stories. But she never stuck to just one material. That curiosity took her from paint to clay, and now Theartspace.ng makes wearable jewelry too. This is the story of…

The Tall Artist: How Oluwanifemi Abiodun Turns Pain, Memory and Culture Into Art.

Craftzine, FeatureAugust 31, 202628Views 0Likes 0Comments

Some artists paint what they see. Oluwanifemi Abiodun — known as The Tall Artist — paints, films, and archives what refuses to leave his mind. In this Craftzine feature, he opens up about turning personal pain into public art, and why documenting the process matters as much as the finished piece. Let's start with you,…

Interior Designer Hawau Temilade Wants You to Question If Your Furniture Was Made in Nigeria.

Craftzine, FeatureAugust 21, 202623Views 1Like 0Comments

If you ask Hawau Temilade what interior design means to her, she won't start with furniture. Hawau Temilade doesn't just design spaces; she reads people. As founder of AURA by HT, she turns lifestyles into rooms you can actually feel. She's been documenting the messy, human process behind it for years. Here, she talks about…

Inside the Creative Journey of Nigerian Visual Artist Moses

Craftzine, Feature, NewsAugust 5, 202625Views 1Like 0Comments

Moses Olugbenro is a multidisciplinary Nigerian visual artist whose work explores emotion, African tradition, and the human form. Born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in the late 90's, his practice has evolved from charcoal drawing to oil painting, with ambitions to explore activism and social commentary through his art. We spoke with Moses about his creative…