Yo! I was thinking about interesting ideas for merchandise to go with my album release. Because the album is going to be called Boadicea, I thought it would be nice to incorporate her along with another load of tough birds into the artwork and merch, and one of the ideas was this:

I designed a set of fake nails from all our heroines. I’ve tried to get a good mix of areas of expertise….

Patti Smith = Music
Coco Chanel = Fashion
Aung San Suu Kyi = Freedom and Human Rights
Rosa Parks = Civil Rights

Benazir Bhutto = First female leader of an Islamic country
Boadicea = Warrior Queen

Oprah = Charity and empowerment
Emmeline Pankhurst = Suffragette Movement
Joan of Arc = Warrior and martyr

And last but not least, Amelia Earhart, the pioneer, explorer and equal rights figure.

Now, I just need to work out what I can make for the boys…..

I wanted to explain the album artwork in answer to some people’s comments. The girl is Maya Aurora, she’s the niece of one of my band members. She got the nosebleed from playing rough with her Nintendo. When it was presented to me in the studio one day I was instantly blown away by the power of the image. When I found out how she’d got the injury, I thought of myself as a little girl. Maya is a tough broad and the whole album is dedicated to that spirit. That’s why it’s called Boadicea. It’s not meant to shock or upset you. It’s meant to make you look. I think it’s absolutely beautiful.

Becky x