T shirt - Jen Reid on the plinth, Colston tied up on the back
Whether you want to prompt a conversation, or simply demonstrate your support for the BLM movement, this T shirt celebrates a key event that helped shift our approach to history.
“it just goes to show how historic this entire event was and your t’s are keeping it alive. I’m really pleased that my image is on the front (past and present)” - Jen Reid
Printed in high quality durable water based ink, on a medium weight, organic cotton, gender neutral t-shirt. When bought direct from me, this Includes a £5 donation to local Bristol charity Cargo Classroom (facilitating and improving the teaching of Black history in the UK).
During the Summer of 2020 I wanted to record the Bristol Black Lives Matter protestors’ placards, Jen Reid standing on the plinth, and the statue tied ready for removal. None were photographed in a way that fully represented their impact on me, so I used various footage to reconstruct and draw them.
I have taken care to ensure the printed T shirt image legibly included the placards, as they were displayed against the empty plinth following the protest. Cargo is one of the two charities named by Jen Reid in 2020. As I manage my own website I don’t have a mechanism to make direct donations from the checkout, so will make a direct payment to Cargo based on orders received.
Further reading:
The removal of the Colston statue in Bristol
Black Lives Matter protestors gathered in the wake of George Floyd’s murder
A Surge Of Power - a resin cast of a 3d scan of Jen by artist Marc Quinn in collaboration with Jen, that was temporarily installed on the vacant plinth.
Nova Reid’s book The Good Ally - “A Guided Anti-racism Journey from Bystander to Changemaker”
Printed by I Dress Myself on their “Creator” T shirt, see their website for ethical and product information.
Please see my shop for the original drawings “Driving Forward” and prints available in a wide range of sizes.