DR AYANNA KNIGHT

MIXED MEDIA RESIN ARTIST

HELLO COLOUR LOVER !

Welcome to Prescription Resin! On a mission to transform the discarded, broken and forgotten into uplifting, colourful works of art that challenge our beliefs about waste and inspire change for a brighter future.

My name is Ayanna, mixed media resin artist based in sunny Brighton on the south coast, UK. I design and create one of a kind resin art, homewares & accessories from ‘what’s left behind’.

Artist statement

As my creative practice has developed over the years and I have honed techniques in resin artistry, my focus has pivoted to incorporating waste into my art. From salvaged scrap resin and loose embellishments collated from previous studio projects to discarded medical devices and pre-loved toys, an abundance of items are saved from a lifetime languishing in landfill and reprocessed into a unique art form.

I believe these abandoned, broken and discarded fragments of everyday life have a greater destiny ahead of them: to repurpose this ‘trash’ into someone else’s treasure.

BACKGROUND

My background is Medicine. I am a GP by training and practice Aesthetic Medicine from my Brighton based skin & wellness clinic. Being immersed in colour & expressing my creativity is a welcomed therapeutic outlet for me.

Over my years of running my medical clinic I realised just how much waste is generated in this sector particularly due to the essential safety measures applied in medical care of single use products. From placing pharmaceutical orders to the numerous devices required to safely deliver treatment, the accumulation of glass medication vials, plastic lids and steel canisters became vast. I started to collate these discarded material into glass jars as almost a curiosities display in my clinic rooms much to the interest of many of my patients. And it was from there that I started to explore and experiment with ways in which these attractive single use discarded elements, reflections of my medical practice, could be reprocessed to serve a more long lasting purpose.

The mission of my brand has always been to share the joy of colour and spark maximum joy in other’s homes, heads and hearts. With a pivot in my practice to utilising waste materials in my work I hope to inspire others to rethink the discarded fragments of daily life and how these can be repurposed and reimagined to create something to be celebrated & treasured.

InSPIRATION

My work is very much influenced by identity and the human experience - the emotional, physical and cultural connections that shape our roles in society.

The artworks created serve to connect the viewer with life experiences whether it be happy childhood memories, significant life events or the evolving challenges presented in our increasingly digitally dependent, consumer driven culture.

PURPOSE

By transforming and curating used and abandoned materials into uplifting, colourful works of art, I am honouring the role and purpose they have served and celebrating the joy and memories they have created. My mission is to connect individual life experiences in an alternative art form.

Alone the materials are lost, damaged or unwanted but together they can inform a bigger picture. As in life with support and a shift in perspective, we can find strength in community to achieve a greater change.

This ‘Zero Waste’ movement has aided valuable personal reflection - raising my consciousness to minimise waste in my art practice and consumer habits as well as challenge my creativity to repurpose & reimagine how trash can be transformed into someone else’s treasure.

Each of my pieces are individually handcrafted in my Brighton Studio. The creation of unique textures & perspectives make for a truly one of a kind piece of art to be treasured for a lifetime.

SOLO EXHIBITION

HOT MESS: TRASH ICONS

PRESS RELEASE

‘TRANSFORMING TRASH INTO ART TREASURE’

Introducing HOT MESS: TRASH ICONS a new solo exhibition from Prescription Resin.

Brighton is braced for a full colour immersion as local artist, Ayanna Knight, brings her ‘trash to treasure’ art concept to her debut exhibition in central Brighton this spring.

HOT MESS: TRASH ICONS presents mixed media artworks and sculpture to explore our culture’s dysfunctional relationship with consumerism, overconsumption and “what’s trending?”

Utilising reclaimed plastic waste, discarded medical devices and salvaged scrap resin, eclectic collections of colourful junk and forgotten fragments of our lives are repurposed and reimagined into thought provoking pieces - exposing the social and economic conditioning of our consumption culture.

HOT MESS: TRASH ICONS serves to convey a powerful message: waste can and needs to be reduced, reused and repurposed wherever possible in our ever digitally dependent and materialistic consumer driven culture.

HOT MESS: TRASH ICONS

Jules Emporium

5 New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF

22nd March – 2nd April 2025

11am – 5pm

Ayanna Knight, artist and founder of Prescription Resin, is a GP by training and practices Aesthetic Medicine from her Brighton based skin & wellness clinic. She says, “I believe these abandoned, broken and discarded fragments of everyday life have a greater destiny ahead of them: to repurpose this ‘trash’ into someone else’s treasure. By transforming and curating these materials into uplifting, colourful works of art, I am honouring the role and purpose they have served and celebrating the joy and memories they have created. My mission is to connect individual life experiences in an alternative art form.”

From salvaged scrap resin and loose embellishments to discarded medical devices and pre-loved toys, Prescription Resin harnesses an abundance of items saved from a lifetime languishing in landfill. These are processed into unique art, creating one of a kind resin sculptures, homewares & accessories.

Ayanna continues, “Years of running my medical clinic led me to realise just how much waste is generated in this sector, particularly due to the essential safety measures applied in medical care, from single use products. From the packaging of pharmaceutical orders to the numerous devices required to safely deliver treatment, the accumulation of glass medication vials, plastic lids and steel canisters became vast. Concerned by the environmental impact of simply discarding these materials, I started to collate them into glass jars as curiosities in my clinic rooms - much to the interest of my patients. As the collections grew, I became inspired to explore and experiment with ways in which these attractive single use elements could be reprocessed to serve a more long lasting purpose.”

The exhibition aims to call the viewers attention to the very real economic and environmental impacts of our consumer culture and over consumption. Whilst none of us can carry the guilt and overwhelm of this alone, the mission of this body of work is to provoke thought and conversation about these issues.

Through the process of challenging herself to create art from the discarded and unusable, Ayanna has reflected on many of her own dysfunctional behaviours of excess. As well as sparking imagination, she hopes to inspire others to relish the challenge of finding joy in repurposing waste.