Found Material, Emotional Resonance

My work is primarily comprised of found or donated materials that bear great emotional significance of those who once enjoyed them. I often source fabric through social media, observing how waste is reflective of lived experience. It’s this lived experience that I’m most interested in capturing, which is reflected in my interest in quilting. 

Quilting as a practice is saturated on both sides of my family, dating back over seven generations. This family tradition, among others, has provided a compass towards self-reclamation in the face of contemporary expectations. Quilting, within the black cultural tradition, has always served as a revolutionary space of joy, courage, and community in direct contrast to social and financial subjugation. It’s a way to honor my predecessors while addressing the questions and concerns of where I am--we are--today. It’s a way towards restoring and reconstructing with the resourcefulness born within us.