Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In spring 2020, as the UK went into its first lockdown, five groups of Guildhall School artists created a collaborative musical response to their experiences of this new way of living. Each artist created a 4-minute piece, which then formed a 20-minute long work called ‘Consequences’. Artist and illustrator Soofiya has created a series of drawings inspired by these sound works, titled 'Tapestry of Consequences'.
"Siphoned off the sea" was inspired by the artist’s move back to her family home during lockdown. On her return she found that her father had started to put on nightly concerts for their neighbours. Some of those nights felt so surreal that it inspired her to write this short ghost story called ‘Siphoned Off the Sea’.
The illustration that accompanies Maya’s work draws on her ideas of ghosts and earthly ties. Symbols of the pandemic, including keys, locks, masks, and flowers are woven into the drawing, representing a number of different lockdown motifs.
Audio by Maya Caskie | Illustration by Soofia
About the artists
Soofiya
Soofiya is a visual artist and design educator whose design practice centres around illustration, visual identity and book design, with most clients tending to be in the arts, cultural and activist sector. Soofiya's art practice and writings aim to articulate a commentary on gender, race, politics and bodies through a DIY and therapeutically informed approach. Soofiya regularly lectures at arts Universities across the country.
soofiya.com
Maya Caskie
Maya Caskie is a composer, songwriter and writer of children’s books based in London. For her recent album 'Glacier Point', she has composed pieces and songs drawing from experiences with identity, heritage and personal loss, in a mix of English and Japanese. She has performed at events for organisations championing the creative work of artists of colour, such as Neelam Keshwala’s 'Don’t Sleep On Us' series and for the London label Galang.
In spring 2020, as the UK went into its first lockdown, five groups of Guildhall School artists created a collaborative musical response to their experiences of this new way of living. Each artist created a 4-minute piece, which then formed a 20-minute long work called ‘Consequences’. Artist and illustrator Soofiya has created a series of drawings inspired by these sound works, titled 'Tapestry of Consequences'.
"Siphoned off the sea" was inspired by the artist’s move back to her family home during lockdown. On her return she found that her father had started to put on nightly concerts for their neighbours. Some of those nights felt so surreal that it inspired her to write this short ghost story called ‘Siphoned Off the Sea’.
The illustration that accompanies Maya’s work draws on her ideas of ghosts and earthly ties. Symbols of the pandemic, including keys, locks, masks, and flowers are woven into the drawing, representing a number of different lockdown motifs.
Audio by Maya Caskie | Illustration by Soofia
About the artists
Soofiya
Soofiya is a visual artist and design educator whose design practice centres around illustration, visual identity and book design, with most clients tending to be in the arts, cultural and activist sector. Soofiya's art practice and writings aim to articulate a commentary on gender, race, politics and bodies through a DIY and therapeutically informed approach. Soofiya regularly lectures at arts Universities across the country.
soofiya.com
Maya Caskie
Maya Caskie is a composer, songwriter and writer of children’s books based in London. For her recent album 'Glacier Point', she has composed pieces and songs drawing from experiences with identity, heritage and personal loss, in a mix of English and Japanese. She has performed at events for organisations championing the creative work of artists of colour, such as Neelam Keshwala’s 'Don’t Sleep On Us' series and for the London label Galang.
