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My creative practice is influenced by African diasporic traditions, Black culture, and my family history.
Mixing methods from collage, ceramics, and fiber arts, I fold, layer, and assemble work that reflects my interest in ancestry, spirituality, and a deep reverence for nature.
Where creative energy flows naturally
Adventures in Blackness & Belonging
collage
Collage is the visual language I use to express my lived experience as a Black woman, from girlhood to womanhood. I work with paper torn by hand from books and magazines.
By reimagining and reconstructing images, I explore themes related to self-development, family, mental health, Black history, and culture.
I have practiced collage since high school, returned to it more regularly during the pandemic, and have worked with it consistently since 2021, when my individual practice merged with my facilitation work.
To be Molded & Transformed
Ceramic
The soul of clay is full of imaginative possibility.
Eternally used and reinvented, it provides a space where the material and the maker are transformed over and over again. The alchemical relationship between this earthly element and the human experience feeds my interest in ceramics.
Through the creation of functional objects, my work supports the daily practices and sacred rituals that nourish the mind, body, and spirit.
I am interested in objects that hold stories, play with light, and make space for meditation. My work often takes the form of sculptural lamps, altars, incense burners, and serving dishes.
Beauty & Warmth
Fiber
Fiber is the connective tissue of my interdisciplinary practice, a soft bridge between collage, ceramics, and storytelling. Through this flexible medium, I explore lineage, color, and light.
For a recent installation, the Art of Memory, I used hand-dyed panels as a backdrop and transferred photographs of ancestors onto cotton to create a series of Lineage Lamps.
Within fiber, I am especially drawn to shibori, crochet, and natural dyes.
