Toyin Ojih Odutola works in pen, pencil, and charcoal to build densely layered portraits in which the skin's surface is rendered in intricate texture that simultaneously suggests topography and light. Her fictional narratives - the To Wander Determined series depicting a fictional Nigerian aristocracy - construct alternative histories that use portraiture as speculative fiction. She has described her practice as one of world-building as much as image-making.
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A carbon-based drawing ink made from fine soot particles (lampblack or carbon black) suspended in water with a binding agent, traditionally shellac. India ink dries to a permanent, waterproof, deep black finish and works with brushes, dip pens, and technical pens. It has been used for writing and drawing for thousands of years across Asian and Western traditions.
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