SENse of direction
Handmade Paper: Hand Cut & Cooked Penland Hay, Pigmented 5 Hour Cotton Rag, Lichen, Moss, Soil and Bark from Penland North Carolina
34.5 in x 38.5 in
Lichen and Moss are guides. I imagine how many of these Lichen have been there to bear witness to my ancestors on their paths forward. The Cotton holds the Lichen to the Gampi, supporting a material relationship with each other, the land, and the histories that they each hold
Inclusions
Handmade Paper: Cotton Base, Fine Pigmented Cotton & Handwritten Acrylic
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches
THESE STORiES ARE ALL TRUE
Handmade Paper: Hand Cut Denim from my jeans, Fine pigmented cotton & hand written Acrylic text
16 x 24 inches
SEEN SOME THANGS
Handmade Paper: 26 year old Philippine Gampi, Pigmented 5 Hour Cotton Rag, Lichen from Penland North Carolina
34.5 in x 38.5 in.
Fragments
Handmade Paper: Hand Cut Denim from: my jeans, both my parent’s jeans and my collected lint from my dryer, Fine Pigmented Cotton & hand written Acrylic
30 x 40 inches
Reframing the Context
Handmade Paper: Cotton Base, Pigmented Fine Cotton and my metal Bamboo earrings from the Don’s Beauty Supply Store on 47th
30 x 30 inches
Olujumoke
Handmade Paper: Kozo Base, Fine Pigmented Cotton, Natural Cowrie
Shells, Faux Cowrie Shells, Black Eyed Peas, & the
Locs of my friend Olujumoke Taiwo
24 x 30 inches