The jumpers are designed by Ashley, Giulia, Nicky & Shruti and modelled by Shruti – find more detail on the artists and their designs below.  

The campaign is supported by GOOD friends Konnie Huq, Fern Brady & Katie Piper. 

We’re proud to champion these artists, and you can buy your own jumper on the link here. A portion of each sale goes to the studios to support the artists and ensure they can continue to create, develop, exhibit, sell & licence their artwork. 

The Artists

Shruti

Shruti has been coming to Artbox for many years and identifies as an artist. She says “I feel more comfortable doing art [than in] the rest of my life”. ​ 

In addition to being very focused in the studio, she produces artwork out of the studio and visits galleries looking for inspiration. Her main inspiration has been her own mantras as of late. She has been taking a meditative approach to her work and includes affirmations like “relaxed”, “slowly” and “calm”. Shruti shares these affirmations with others and her presence alone is enough to relax those around her. ​ 

Shruti gains a lot of confidence when she creates a detailed piece – showcasing all the time and precise work that goes into her art makes her feel accomplished and proud. “I feel interested when making art, it’s like my heart. I love being an artist. Happy, excited – I do more. My life is artist. My mum is so proud of me. When she comes home from work, I show her my artwork and she says ‘wow’. I feel happy and proud of myself.” ​ 

Giulia 

Giulia creates vibrant and exciting artworks, often inspired by nature, animals and people. Her work consists mostly of colourful illustrations, incorporating bright hues and creative patterns. Giulia relishes in the community at Artbox, developing friendships and collaborating with the volunteers and other artists in the group – you will often find her singing as she works! Giulia’s artistic process promotes positive mental health as she frequently gets into a highly focused ‘flow’ state, a mindful practice that allows her to relax and distance herself from her day-to-day responsibilities. Giulia loves to represent the Artbox community and has become a leader and voice for others with learning disabilities. ​

Giulia often works with repeated printed designs, a notion that stemmed from her hugely successful collaboration with Lush, for which Giulia produced a crab design that was printed on bright pink and red headscarves. Giulia feels an immense sense of pride in her work and says she feels happy and respected when she sees others enjoying it. This is key to Giulia’s practice – the joy of others enjoying her pieces are at the centre of her practice. ​

Ashley

Ashley is primarily a collage artist who draws inspiration from fashion, magazines and bright patterns. Her distinctive tongue-in-cheek approach to her artworks paired with her use of bright colours and bold patterns makes her work highly exciting. Like many artists at Artbox, she reuses materials to create new works, proving that you can make beautiful works whilst recycling and being mindful of the environment.​ 

Ashley loves working with both her fellow artists and our volunteers, for example by creating collaborative collages. Not only has Ashley enjoyed making friends at Artbox, she has also learned that making work together makes being an artist even more fun! ​ 

Ashley had a wonderful opportunity to sell over 60 of her artworks to the Hoxton Hotel in Holborn, for the hotel guests to enjoy in their rooms during their stay.  

Nicky

Nicky loves drawing spaceships, stars, the sky and a moon. He is inspired by spaceships, toys and toy shops. He likes using colouring pens and posca pens and using red, black, yellow, pink, purple and orange in this work.​

One day he would like to travel to the cosmos in a spaceship.​

Coming to Artbox is the highlight of his week.