Inkredible art is brightening up Dunfermline’s town centre.
The Inkredible art project is a joint initiative between Dunfermline community policing team and Fife Council’s community learning and development team.
It has seen a group of 14 teenagers from across west Fife mentored by local tattoo artists and supported by a Fife Council youth worker and local officers.
Now the fruits of their artistic labour can be seen in a regenerated area of Bruce Street, which was transformed by Dunfermline Delivers and Business in the Community.
Participant Brigid McGuigan, 18, said: “I really enjoyed being part of this initiative as it was something different and cool. I especially enjoyed working with the tattooists.”
For fellow artist Amelia Derrick, 14, the project has strengthened her desire to study art and she will be using her piece in her portfolio.
PC Scott Morgan devised Inkredible and is proud to see the youngsters, aged from 14 to 18, achieving so much.
“They’ve learned skills that they can take into the next part of their lives and we all benefit from it brightening up an area of Dunfermline that was attracting attention for all the wrong reasons,” he said.
Dunfermline Delivers manager Lisa Edwards said: “It was an absolute pleasure to be able to give the Inkredible project a platform to enable the artists to showcase all their wonderful work.”
One of the mentors was Drew Goven from Blue Box Custom Tattoo.
“It was a good journey for the young artists, they learnt quickly how much work goes into designing one piece of artwork and the commitment it takes to repeatedly drawing the same design over and over until it’s perfect,” he explained.
“The finished pieces of artwork are all very good quality and the highlight for me was seeing the young artists standing alongside their designs — they were proud and the launch was a great opportunity for them to share this experience with their families.”
Dunfermline High deputy rector David Burgess added: “Inkredible has been a vibrant and worthwhile addition to our school community.
“It was a superbly-led initiative which put at its heart the young people and they all engaged in it and gained a huge amount of confidence from their involvement.
“It helped develop positive relationships between our community police and our young people and really built up a level of trust.”
