Malaika Razak's Portable Creative Kit

Malaika Razak is an artist, illustrator, and educator
In 2025, Emily asked Malika if she would like to test my (Emily's) Portable Collage Kit as part of my research into how people engaged with the kit. Malaika really enjoyed using the kit and was inspired to make her own personal kit. This is brilliant, as my project is all about inspiring others to use portable kits.

What’s in your kit?
Chinagraph pencil, rubber, mini scissors and mini stapler, mini glue, a black pen And my portable printer

How did you make or develop your kit, or where did you buy it from?
I saw that you (Emily) had most of these things in her kit, so I went and got some things. I knew my main tool was going to be the chinagraph pencil and then I wanted to have a black ink pen too as well as scissors for the collaging - my kit is basically the same as Emily’s but I got mine from flying tiger and Amazon

How do you use your kit?
I print out a section of a picture for example people in a crowd, then I draw out the rest of it. I use it to create mixed media drawings.

Creative outcomes — what have you made using your kit?
I have now got 2 mini sketchbooks from my two trips to Paris, one is with Emily and the other sketchbook is with me

Where do you use your kit — on location, outdoors, when travelling, etc?
I try to use my kit on location, so I’ll sit down at a bench or cafe and print out the pics I need, stick them down and get sketching. I always start my sketch outside, then finish it later when I’m in the hotel or on a train

Any memories or stories about this kit you’d like to share?
It just makes me so much more aware of beautiful things in my surroundings! I never would have noticed many things before I actively thought and looked around to see what beautiful things and places I wanted to draw!