London Skye & Cameron Jones

London Skye Roberson is the owner of London Skye creations, a crotchet clothing and accessories brand specializing in sweaters, tote bags, bucket hats. Fresh off her first official collection, I sat with London to discuss her creative inspirations and goals for her brand. How and why did you start crocheting? When I was 14, one of my teachers gave me some crochet hooks that her daughter didn’t need, so I just went on youtube and started watching tutorials. I started by making a bralette top and it slowly evolved to bags and sweaters and more concrete things. What inspires you? This is my most recent creation that I’m very proud of. It’s a cropped sweater with large oversized sleeves. I’m interested in asymmetrical things and things that aren’t necessarily traditional. That’s where my inspiration comes from. I’m focused on sustainability. I would like to move towards more sustainable packaging, and I want to focus on more sustainable yarn. Right now I’m using acrylic yarns which are not the best for the environment. As my business grows I would like to use more natural fibers and cotton based yarn. What do you have planned for the future? I really want to expand London Skye Creations in the future, right now it’s just me so my major goal is to get funding and some partners. My idea for how to make my creation (instead of it being all handmade by me), is having it handmade by people in low income communities who need a job, so then we can start employing people that actually need the money. The other message behind my art is just to be free, and I want to inspire people who wear my clothing to wear what they want. At the end of the day we all have one life and why not wear what we want? londonskyecreations.com, @londonskyecreations Witten by: Alfred Taylor Cameron Jones, creatively known as Mister Jownz is a Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, and Producer studying Finance. I sat down with Cameron at The Corcoran School of Art to learn more about his recently recorded project, Call It Whatever. *The interview is lightly edited for clarity. I’ve been watching your journey as a musician. What made you start? I love the sport of rap. I love the competitiveness of rap. I’ve always been into hip-hop culture and entertainment. What made me pick up a pen? I was freestyling with one of my closest friends, and while we were freestyling she told me that I was really dope and that maybe I should take it seriously. When I did freestyle I would always say I’m only doing it because I’m good at it and it’s fun, but in actuality I didn’t realize I was actually that good at it.