Artist Laetitia Ky conveys her message with hair

In February, the piece on the left was for the UN’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Ky uses hair extensions, thread, wire, scissors and a needle in her workHair sculpture artist and Ivorian self-crowned goddess Laetitia Ky creates art that comments on social issues such as mental health and gender equality.rtist, model and aspiring actressconsiders herself a feminist activist.

“Once I have the idea, I draw it, but only when there is a lot of detail. For designs with less detail, I just visualise the thing and I’m good“I’ve experimented with my hair since I was a kid. I used to braid my doll’s hair and my sister’s when I was five years old. But it was in 2012 when I finally saw hair as a way to express myself – which was when I went natural.”

This catalysed the start of the hair artist’s career. She started posting simple designs that generated a lot of support. “Each photo [on Instagram] would get more and more likes and shares, which was encouraging. So I kept making more complicated works.”

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