{"id":637866,"date":"2026-06-14T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637866\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:08:09","slug":"maggi-hambling-helps-suffolk-skateboard-artist-reveal-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/637866\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggi Hambling helps Suffolk skateboard artist reveal identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An artist who painted on skateboards under a fake name said renowned sculptor Maggi Hambling helped her reveal her true identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rachael Bassett, 37, from Clare in Suffolk, started her art career under the pseudonym, Bass\u00e9, during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She developed a love of using skateboards as her canvas, which also garnered the attention of her &#8220;hero&#8221; Hambling, who came to visit her at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She went through my artwork which was my dream and she gave me a few pieces of advice which was maybe it was time to take the mask off, and what Maggi says, happens,&#8221; Bassett explained to BBC Radio Suffolk&#8217;s Sarah Lilley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I did that and then she gave me advice on some works and when Maggi says, &#8216;This is really good&#8217;, that&#8217;s not something you forget either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So I developed that series and that is what has turned into this skate brand from my style developing based on what she told me.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artist who painted on skateboards under a fake name said renowned sculptor Maggi Hambling helped her reveal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-637866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}