Artwork by Terralu entitled EARTH

Thanks to one of our featured loc wearers for allowing me to use her art piece Earth in my dreadlock project. Her creative work spoke to me and fits perfectly in a chapter in my book about the genesis, or root of the hairstyle dreadlocks. The root system featured in the piece reflects the outward tendrils connecting us all tho a distant past. The oldest relics of humanity can be traced to it's roots in Africa to the first female in which we are all a part. It is through these roots we all can be visualized as one through a common thread of blood genetics.

I love this piece of artwork and I hope you can relate to it in your own special way.

Joey from the Bahamas

 I am always pleased to have submission from our men with dreadlocks so a special thanks to you Joey for your submission.

Technically I'm a PhD Student on break from the London School of Economics. I use to be a college professor and now I own a restaurant. I'm a Bahamian and a little Bohemian. Also a Fashion, Design and Nightlife enthusiast with a love for the beautiful.

Karisa Pope cool and crisp from head to toe

Thank you so much to Karisa for giving me permission to use her lovely photo. She is a lover of fashion and a wonderful dreadlock wearer

Antonio Allen curly mane

 Thank you so much for permission to use your photos. There is a fierceness yet approachability captured in your pictures.
My name is Antonio Allen and ART IS MY HEART! Photographer | Dancer | Philosopher | Jamaican Boy meets Brazilian Girl and then I was Born in Newark,NJ Raised in MIAMI FL

The Young Will Be Heard Also

Thank you for giving me permission to use your photo in my dreadlock project Ineedmauiwowie

Sennia a 20 year old photographer from Chicago, IL.

I've had locs since Nov 2013. I decided to get dreads when I was 18 but took them down and decided to do them again later on but free form. I don't go to the shop and I'm the only one that takes care of my hair. After wearing protective styles for a while I knew that I didn't want to get perms anymore and that having my natural hair was the best decision I've made for my hair.

Until then I've always had perms and my hair never grew as much till I stopped relaxing it. I wanted to wear an afro, which
I did for a couple of weeks but I didn't like all the maintenance since I have 4c hair. After doing research about my hair I learned that 4c hair makes greats locs. The second time around (Nov '13) there was no perm in my hair so it loc'd pretty quickly within 3 months.

Growing locs has made me appreciate my hair texture because growing up it was considered "too nappy". Others around me that don't know me ask things like "what's wrong with your hair?" "why don't you get it retwisted?" "why don't you just go to the shop?, they'll make it longer", or get stared at. Some people love it and some people don't understand it.

Growing locs has made me stronger to brush off others opinions that don't matter and to continue to do what makes me happy. And now I LOVE dreadlocks. And a person that waits and goes through the struggle phase of locs is a person that deserves locs. I was really insecure about my locs at one point, but to one starting off locs, you can do it, time will fly and it doesn't look as bad as you think :) - Sennia

SAY IT LOUD "MY NAPPY IS HAPPY"

I can't believe this wonderful submission.

I have seen this t-shirt so many times and said to myself "This is what it is all about." My nappy is happy, but their are a lot of people, a generation, who can not believe we are embracing our natural hair. To them it seems savage in a way. A step backward in history. This is the reason for this project; to let people know nappy is no longer an ugly word. Nappy is not attached to being inferior anymore. Nappy IS the essence of being and being just fine with yourself.

A big thank you to Tavares Dean and Bienke Estimond from South Florida for submitting this photo for my project. I hope to see everyone in their t-shirt saying to the world "From my head to my toe, I am just fine."

Please stop by their website and support the loc'd living and laughing loving their locs mynappyishappy.bigcartel.com

The Amazing Length of Tarra Lu from Silver Spring MD but originally from Boston.

Finally did a full head retwist after a year or two. Growing 5 years and some change.

Do I need to say more???

The only thing left to say is thank you so much for giving me permission to use your photo in my dreadlock project. I do believe you have the longest locs of all of the participants.