# Support Your Local Artists

**URL:** <https://www.sotonians.com/t/support-your-local-artists/6929>\
**Category:** The Arts\
**Created:** [7 February 2024 14:27 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/support-your-local-artists/6929 "2024-02-07T14:27:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2024 14:27 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/support-your-local-artists/6929/1 "2024-02-07T14:27:01Z")

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![2024-squoji-website](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/8/586d41f9ca873be826e9067cb65d16c53349875e.jpeg)

> **[The Story So Far - Squoji](https://squoji.co.uk/the-story-so-far/)**
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> Dive deeper into the hidden lore of the Squojiverse!

I think most people who live in the Southampton area will have seen something in the media/social media about the street art of Southampton artist Will Rosie.

His mosaic Squojis (square-emojis) started to appear around the town during lockdown. They started out as mysterious, anonymous street art, with the invitation to search them out and post on social media. They were quirky little fun items but IMO a brilliant piece of advertising of his art: [https://squoji.co.uk/about/](https://squoji.co.uk/about/)

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**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2024 00:17 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/support-your-local-artists/6929/2 "2024-02-09T00:17:28Z")

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Advertising, great

Art?

Proper “art” is pictures with loads urns, cherubs (not these days though) and naked ladies holding them urns, everyone knows this.

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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2024 10:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/support-your-local-artists/6929/3 "2024-02-09T10:08:28Z")

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Yes we have a couple of those Naked Lady statues in The Orangery at Slowlane Mansion but I do like classic picture mosaics.  
This is the in the vestibule to the indoor pool, got from a guy in Turkey…  
 ![vestibule](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/e/2e481326dd7ada8f5319769ff966affa22a6128b.jpeg)