My initial reaction to this brief was one of dislike. I really didn't feel as if I knew enough about the subject or didn't have the right to delve into it, coming from a white family and never having to experience such hardship.

I started by searching for different images I could use and then writing really sarcastic comments over a map I had painted in.

It wasn't until I kept researching and reading that I realised how racism does effect me, just by knowing it is wrong and not doing anything about it adds to the huge problem.

"We are only as blind as we want to be" - Maya Angelou

When we were given this brief we were asked to use collage and bricolage to explore our ideas. I hadn't really taken to collage before and so didn't know what to expect.

The first day in the studio working on this brief I created the collage above. I found that I enjoyed the process, but I realised my collages were looking like all the other collages I had seen.

I decided then that I wanted to add something interesting to my work and so started creating three-dimensional collages.

I didn't realise how much I would enjoy making collages this way!

My final piece for the project was a bricolage. It is a three dimensional wardrobe, holding inside it Penrhyn Castle, the beautiful land that it is built on and the skeletons of it's dark past.

To my surprise, I really enjoyed working on this project and really enjoyed the processes that I used.