Profession / role:

Creative/Practitioner

Company / organisation:

African Ink

Website (if you have one):

www.recyclellery.co.uk

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Designer, Manufacturer, Press, Tutor, Consultant

I am looking to discover or buy

Retail outlets for these jewellery art pieces to promote, and develop educational and social awareness to the general public/galleries/workshops etc

About me / About business or organisation:

My name is Ayo Ogolo, I have run various clothing and retail businesses for a number of years. I am particularly interested in recycled items and accessories for the adornment of the body, and see it as an art form. I have set up the recyclellery business - jewellery made from junk, I like the challenge of using materials that people no longer use or want.I love the fact that I make everything from scratch, and is made by hand.

Career history / Company history:

I have worked on many different levels and within the art world, promoting my work in exhibitions such as the clothes show, in Birmingham, Manchester and London. I have worked as a designer in New York and Nigeria. I have worked with galleries in Liverpool, Manchester and London.