Animals That Symbolise Me, 2025
Acrylic and marker on paper
90 x 40 cm
Puppets, 2025
Acrylic and marker on paper
20 x 30 x 5cm
The lion, (symbol of courage and Britain, where I studied), and the elephant (because I speak slowly compared to my thoughts), and the green bear, all symbolise me in my comic zine.
I’m also inspired by puppetry, as it’s a popular medium in the Czech Republic as a political tool against authority. The showcase setting fit well as a background for a puppet show, or a Ningyo-geki in Japanese, so I made puppets from my characters in my zine with the Berlin TV Tower.
Photos // Yasemin Erguvan
