Currently travelling through China 🇨🇳

Me and Emi are completing a mega journey all across Asia, starting in India (07.01.25), trying to experience everything (...well almost everything). We're artists from the UK who chat nonsense and love to hang out. I'm a printmaker and muralist and Em is a ceramicist and jeweller, we like making things look pretty so we can always paint walls for you. We've been leaving a breadcrumb trail of paintings all through Asia and would love to make that trail larger.

Let's get some music on and we'll have a little dance shall we.

I'm a lover of food. Eating it and cooking it, especially with people! It's a passion that feeds into my design work and my part time job as a chef.

Given the option I'd love to just draw and hang out all day with wicked people:)

Obi IG @obidiah_vampyr
Emi IG @ew.studio_

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet up with some amazing people and have crazy experiences with them while I travel India and other countries in South East Asia

Interests

I've been trying to create my own illustration and design freelance business to incorporate all of my interests into creating positive artwork that celebrates nature :)

Nature is core to me. Having been brought up in the countryside I love how being amongst plants and animals can change your mood for the better.

I'm getting better at spotting and listening to birds from across the world too, best sighting to date was a Great Hornbill in Tarkarli, India or the Himalayan Vultures trekking in Nepal, or the Golden Eagle i saw outside the M60 past Manchester.

• design
• environment
• cooking
• painting
• drawing
• ecology
• eating
• printmaking
• illustration
• community
• conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm an avid music listener and love any genre of music that puts a smile on my face and a swing in my step :)

As for books, I love philosophy and history, but as a guilty pleasure I also indulge in sci-fi, thrillers and graphic novels!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backflipping off waterfalls in Sri Lanka, it was mad!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn and listen from everyone I chat with. I would definitely be excited to share some drawing and painting skills I've learnt over the years. I think it's such a beautiful activity to do with others and just chat about everything from culture to the most bizarre trains of thought.

I would also be up for sharing some of the cooking skills I've learnt in restaurants over the years :)

Or just hanging out with some wicked people ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, cleaning and good company. I would love to learn about your local activities and culture. Happy to look after pets and animals too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England