Lucy Njoki is a mixed media textile, collage and embroidery artist, currently living and working in Camden, London, with her three children.
Lucy is inspired by the wonders of nature, nostalgia, simple joyful moments and her daydreams. Her work explores the challenge of living in the present: Attempting to balance thoughts of the past and the ache that looking back brings, with dreams of the future with its promise of hope for better days. Through her work, Lucy slows down, descending from mind into body with the aim and desire to achieve balance and peace, bringing her back to the here and now.
Lucy works with paper, fabric and paper-like fabrics. The processes at the centre of her mixed media art practice are printing, collaging, patchworking, sketching, embroidering, writing and journalling, by hand and sometimes with the help of machines. Lucy’s work marries colourful hand printed paper and textiles with vintage ephemera and embroidered imagery such as botanicals.
Lucy loves to inspire others to be creative and enjoys teaching the processes she has learnt over the last 10 years. She has experience of running workshops for both adults and children.
Highlights of Lucy’s career include designing projects and tutorials for creative magazines; working with primary school children to design and create banners for the anniversary of women’s right to vote and sharing her skills and expertise as activism in community with others.
Lucy is of mixed African and British heritage. She believes in the importance of inclusion and representation in all areas including the creative world of the arts and literature.
