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ISLAND
2024 | BOTANICALS, SPICES, FRUIT & FLOWERS OF JAMAICA IN RESIN
| COFFEE TABLE
The "Island" coffee table intricately captures the island of Jamaica's topography. The table captures the vibrant essence of the islands' culture with plant and botanical waste materials in reflection of my Caribbean childhood. The organic shape of the tabletop and legs mimic the undulating hills and valleys which serves as a cultural mosaic that mirrors Jamaica's lush landscapes. This coffee table isn't just a piece of furniture, it's a sensory experience and personal celebration of Jamaican Heritage.
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A SEAT AT MY TABLE
| 2023 | DINING TABLE
A Seat at my table is furniture piece reminiscent of childhood and of coming together. Depicted on the table top are are various fruit, flowers, plants, and spices immersed resin, in reminiscent of Jamaican culture and the holidays of where many family members would sit and fit at the table.
BLACK FOLIAGE
MY MOTHERS’ GARDEN | 2022 | FURNITURE
My Mothers' Garden is an homage to the traditional teachings of herbal wellness of botanicals passed down from my MOTHERS’ (grandmothers and mother). Botanicals used represent memories of my childhood collected and transformed into a sustainable and cyclical new form.
BLACK FOLIAGE
MATERIAL VASES | 2022 | FORMS
Black Foliage is the storytelling of botanical waste through materials of preserving overlooked floral waste through paper and interdisciplinary materials of resin. Using personal experience from Jamaican Culture, lifestyles, and practices transforming waste materials into art.
okra, hibiscus, ackee, amaranth, sorrel, scotch bonnet, red sweet grass, sugar cane, lignum vitae, aloe vera, lime, coconut husk, cerasee, oxalis.
MATERIAL MAP OF JAMAICA
MATERIAL MAP OF JAMAICA
2021 | DIGITAL RENDERING OF HANDMADE PAPERS
Material Map of Jamaica is an exploration and tribute of personal experiences with materials from the land of Jamaica. 14 materials representing the 14 parishes of the land of handmade floral, veggie, and fruit papyrus that explore personal storytelling and my connection of material to the land.
IMMERSED BOTANICA
2021 | 24” DIA
Immersed Botanical is a variety of botanical treasure frozen in time. These storytelling pieces allow viewers to be immersed with archival herbarium techniques that evoke the emotional connection of memory. The delicate details of the flowers engage viewers to touch. The power of touch is a movement that never ends. Making the physical experience memorable, sensational, and is a means of communication. These preserved forms display the way we are capable to preserve something synonymous with the ephemeral. Examining decay, loss, neglect, and fallen out of favor.
NATURAL SURFACES: Live Paper
2019/2020 | 7” x 9”
Natural Surfaces is a collection of handmade paper, laminated with real-life botanicals. These papers are to engage in the human psyche experience and interact with the senses. Touch, smell, sight, taste, and hearing. These minimal but vibrant pieces allow the outdoors to be introduced indoors to allow value to materiality and spiritual wellbeing.
DIGITAL MOCKUP
NATURAL SURFACES: Wallpaper
2020 | DIGITAL MOCKUP
Natural Surfaces is a collection of digital surface designs, of handmade laminated real-life botanicals. These digital design wallpapers are to engage in the human psyche experience and interact with the senses at a large scale size. These minimal but vibrant pieces allow the outdoors to be introduced indoors to allow value to materiality and spiritual wellbeing.
