Who is creating daisy?

Who is creating daisy?

       As a way to break from the constant need to compete with a machine and the instant need of results, which is a consequence of this new era, I decided to create my own platform where I would only have to meet my expectations. This website was made to allow me to express myself and my work without being subjected to others’ prejudices and bias. 

         I promise to be honest, respectful and empathic. I accept that change is constant and necessary, I embrace it on my path to grow and improve myself as being.

       My history and culture are important and a massive influence on my work, so I feel the need to explain it a little further

         My name is Margarida Conceição and I am known by Creating Daisy, my username. I'm a Neurodivergent (dyslexic, autistic with ADHD), POC woman. I was born in Lisbon, Portugal, but I am mixed race, I am Chinese, Portuguese, South Asian (uncertain of where exactly) and Irish. I was raised more in touch with my Portuguese and Chinese ancestry, and later studied my other ancestries to get in touch with them. I wasn’t raised only in these cultures but also Brazilian, my sisters from my dad's side are Brazilian/Chinese/Portuguese and my sister from my mother's side is Mozambican/Portuguese. While growing up my parents felt that it was important to stay in touch and try to learn a bit from each other's cultures, which I am thankful for.

        I express myself through paintings, drawings, illustration, sewing, embroidery, ceramic and writing, and I’m a full time tattoo artist based in Lisbon.

          After finishing a painting degree I entered a tattoo apprenticeship where I had some of the worst months of my life, in a super toxic environment, a closed practice gatekeeped by mostly white cis hetero middle aged men, that couldn’t see a Chinese girl having the right to enter the said industry. 

          I decided to leave and after a few months I opened a space for me to safely practice tattooing that became my studio, Flourish in Lisbon, this studio soon became the heart of my community and allowed space for other people that didn’t conform to the society and industry’s idea of worthy, after 6 years of managingit, I decided to close this space so I could focus on myself and my pratice in a smaller studio, Piri-Piri.

           I like to experiment new techniques, and I live in a constant state of research and learning.

           I invite you to see a bit of my world, be part of it, to support me and cooperate.