28/10/2025
In our latest issue of Ethos, Faaiza Akbor speaks to Ghanaian artist Michael Gah and art dealer, Marques Hardin.
Marques Hardin founded Threads of Connection in 2023 to highlight the textile pollution and support West African artists to create a more sustainable economy with their art.
The movement was a by-product of working with Ghanaian textile artist, Michael Gah. Growing up in Accra, Michael talks about being surrounded by landfills and using second-hand materials discarded from the Global North as a catalyst for behaviuoral change in his community.
“I go to the market, I see torn clothes. People don’t see beauty in that, but I see the little beauty in it and I bring it out," Michael tells us.
"I join fabrics from Asia, from the United States and I bring them together. The fabrics don’t know each other. The designers don’t know each other, but I’m bringing them together.
"It creates a spark of joy. The figures don’t have faces, but behind them, there’s a smile on their face.”
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