Hard Shells, Soft Steps.
Volume Two • 2023- 2025
A zine made with the future in mind, a time capsule
for those walking tenderly through turbulent times.
80+ Pages of photography, illustrations, testimonies, articles, film/album recommendations & fashion looks
Join us on May 31st at All is Joy we’ll be selling copies, exhibiting our work and screening scenes from our Turtles in Colour show. Then heading to The Lower Third to celebrate the start of the new season, don’t miss out!
Tickets and Zine pre-orders available in our bio. 🐢
Credits:
Photographer: @imfornami
Creative Director: @dualehoke
Graphic Design: Miles Egbuchiem
Talent: @binaofficial
Stylist: @naomii_ngg
Nails: @claweddown.jpg
Hair Stylist: @styledbywasike
Studio: @plainwhitestudio_
The Turtles Need You 🫵🏾
We’re working alongside @reformationcharity to organise a community groceries drive on May 24th and need help!
Art Beyond the Shell is a community dedicated to helping those that have had a slow start in life aka a turtle and we want to use our platform to support other turtles in need.
Come join us for an intimate day out with familiar faces from our community as we shop, pack and deliver food to families facing financial hardship. Sign up in our bio.
All volunteers will receive free tickets to our next event.
Turtles in Colour • May 30th • enjoy at your own pace.
Turtles Back in the Club. 🫦
We’re closing out the month with a new installment of Turtles in Colour at The Lower Third, you already know we’ll be providing all the sounds, colours, genres & feels
to help get you out your shell and dancing for yourself.
Keep an 👁️ out for the stacked DJ lineup announcement.
First release tickets out now, hit the 🔗 in our bio. 🪩🐢
Cozy Turtles: 2/2 🇬🇧🇵🇹
After our crossover in Lisbon, we brought the energy of @lx.cozy to London to help kick start day party season!
We’re proud of the bridge we built between the two cities and as always, you all knew to pull with up an open mind and trust us to help get you cozy and out your shell. 🐢
We’ll be back in Lisbon to reunite with our twins soon,
until then, you can catch us at the next one May 30th!
Turtles in Colour tickets drop on Sunday.
📷: @nimbles.archive
COZY + Turtles = double the trouble,
double the ✨
This is what people were wearing at our link up in London yesterday at @setlistldn . What’s your favorite look?
This Saturday! 🫂☀️
Come meet us by the river for our Cozy Turtles day party!
There’s a little something for your whole friendship group so slide through, get cosy and come out your shell.
Ticket 🔗 in our bio, second release nearly done!
Curated alongside our twins at @lx.cozy 👥
Happy Hour (5pm - 8pm) 🥂
Open Decks: USB Only (3pm - 5pm) 💿
Vinyl Painting: (3pm - 6pm) 🎨
Kizomba Workshop (3pm - 4:30pm) 💃🏾
In Your Shell: 3pm - 6pm
We’ll have a series of games and activities to help you socialise, connect and get cozy with others including a
fun vinyl painting session where you can decorate and transform old vinyls into pieces of art. We’ll also have a free kizomba class to get your hips ready for the party!
Out Your Shell: 6pm - 10pm
Sing, dance and come out your shell to sounds of the Cozy Turtles, a carefree space for the those that want to party way past sunset. Speakers inside and outside* 🔊Hosted by @tsunamicarvalho
📸: @magsp.media
Turtles in the Sky!
We’re starting a new series this spring/summer to showcase all the different sounds, feels and genres you experience at our events, so that you can get the full turtles experience from the comfort of your own home,
at your own pace! 🐢
We’re back outside this Saturday for our Cozy Turtles
Day party + Viynl Painting, Games, Food and more!
Grab your tickets and meet us by the riverside 🫂
It really is day party season.
The leaves on the trees are green and the turtles are back outside for our first day party of the year, we’re curating this one alongside @lx.cozy at new riverside venue 📍🐢
In Your Shell: 3pm - 6pm
We’ll have a series of games and activities to help you socialise, connect and get cozy with others including a
fun vinyl painting session where you can decorate and transform old vinyls into pieces of art. We’ll also have a free kizomba class to get your hips ready for the party!
Out Your Shell: 6pm - 10pm
Sing, dance and come out your shell to sounds of the Cozy Turtles, a carefree space for the those that want to party way past sunset. Speakers inside and outside* 🔊Hosted by @tsunamicarvalho
Activies: Viynl Painting, Colouring Sheets, Group Mural
Board Games, Basketball Arcade, Photobooth, Kizomba.
Wait a minute, where’s the turtle!? 🙄
Swipe to see all his shenanigans in Montreal and Toronto!
You can catch him back in London on April 25th for our first day party of the year with our friends at @lx.cozy 🫂
A little something for everyone. 🙂↕️
We’re back in London for our first day party of the year. We’re teaming up with our Lisbon twins @lx.cozy at a brand new riverside venue in the heart of central London.
Come out your shell, get cozy & enjoy at your own pace.
In Your Shell: 3pm - 6pm
We’ll have a series of games and activities to help you socialise, connect and get cozy with others including a
fun vinyl painting session where you can decorate and transform old vinyls into pieces of art. We’ll also have a free kizomba class to get your hips ready for the party!
Out Your Shell: 6pm - 10pm
Sing, dance and come out your shell to sounds of the Cozy Turtles, a carefree space for the those that want to party way past sunset. Speakers inside and outside* 🔊Hosted by @tsunamicarvalho
Activies: Viynl Painting, Colouring Sheets, Group Mural
Board Games, Basketball Arcade, Photobooth, Kizomba.
Illustration by: @kieron_boothe
