Cyanotype on Cotton, Muslin, Toned, Hand-Quilted
64x93”
2015-2020
Cyanotype on Cotton, Cyanotype on Denim, Muslin, Toned, Hand-Quilted
126x77”
2015-2020
Cyanotype on Cotton, Muslin, Toned, Hand-Quilted
9.5’x5’
2015-2020
Cyanotype on Cotton, Muslin, Toned, Hand-Quilted
9.5’x5’
2015-2021
Cyanotype on Cotton, Toned, Hand-Quilted
52”x77”
2015-2021
Cyanotype on Cotton, Cyanotype on Denim, Cyanotype on Silk, Dutch Wax, Toned, Hand-Quilted
112x68”
2015-2022
Cyanotype on Cotton, Brass, Boutis
60x60”
2022
Test reads:
WE SAW THE LIGHTNING
AND THAT WAS THE GUNS;
AND THEN WE HEARD THE THUNDER
AND THAT WAS THE BIG GUNS;
AND THEN WE HEARD THE RAIN FALLING
AND THAT WAS THE BLOOD FALLING;
AND WHEN WE CAME TO GET IN THE CROPS;
Canvas, Muslin, Bass Chain, Leather, Boutis, LaserJet on Cotton
Variable
2022
Note:
Each hat has a small image of a passenger from the British Slave Vessel Brookes printed on the interior. The name of the work comes from the saying, “Don’t be a fly in the buttermilk.”
Cyanotype on Cotton, Cyanotype on Silk, Mom’s Bedsheets, Canvas, Brass, Zinc Chain, Machine-Pieced, Toned, Cast
Variable
2015-2022
Note:
Each hat has a crumb-pieced lining.
Cyanotype on Cotton, Canvas, Muslin, Brass, Leather, Boutis
Variable
2022
Canvas, Muslin, Brass, Leather, Boutis
Variable
2022
Canvas, Muslin, Brass, Leather, Boutis
Variable
2022
From the poem:
Niggas and flies, I do despise, but the more I see niggas, the more I like flies.
Mom’s Sheets, Granny’s Leather, Muslin, Boutis
Variable Dimensions
2022
Cotton, Brass, Poplar, Zinc Chain, Laser Engraved
Variable
2019