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Like A Thorn, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred University, April 2023
Release
tree root installation, soil, ceramic bowl with slip, hemp rope covered in porcelain, 2023
Release is an installation composed of video projected above an upturned tree root holding a ceramic bowl with water and porcelain-covered hemp rope. Soil surrounds the tree root on the ground.
Release is an installation composed of video projected above an upturned tree root holding a ceramic bowl with water and porcelain-covered hemp rope. Soil surrounds the tree root on the ground.
Exhibition image of Release with tree root installation
Installation View of Tread Lightly, We Cannot Be Contained, and Cycle of Life // We Are Portals To What Is Unseen
Tread lightly
Stoneware, metallic stain
H 64” w 32” d 18”
The representational Black, life-size ceramic sculpture looks like
bronze and rich soil. She has short cropped hair and is full-figured. Thorns protrude
outward from the gauges in her ears and her body. Fragments of fabric on the thorns on
her arms.
H 64” w 32” d 18”
The representational Black, life-size ceramic sculpture looks like
bronze and rich soil. She has short cropped hair and is full-figured. Thorns protrude
outward from the gauges in her ears and her body. Fragments of fabric on the thorns on
her arms.
Three quarter view of Tread Lightly
A Collective Struggle
Wooden platform, glazed ceramic, netting, soil, hardware, 2023
Resistance Vessels 1, 2, and 3 are three ceramic vessels constricted
within their own nets that are secured to hardware on the wall. The nets overlap as the
pots pull from different directions. They sit on a white half-circle platform with a bed of
soil underneath them. Soil covers a majority of the platform and the floor around it.
Resistance Vessels 1, 2, and 3 are three ceramic vessels constricted
within their own nets that are secured to hardware on the wall. The nets overlap as the
pots pull from different directions. They sit on a white half-circle platform with a bed of
soil underneath them. Soil covers a majority of the platform and the floor around it.
Like A Thorn, side profile
Glazed stoneware, 2023
Like A Thorn is a ceramic figure of a Black woman who is an amputee, seated with their legs and the surrounding base as a bed of thorns. Her pose is relaxed and her gaze is fixed ahead. She is wearing a flowing dress, caked and cracking like dried earth. Her skin and surroundings fluctuate between golden bronze, dark brown, and black.
Like A Thorn is a ceramic figure of a Black woman who is an amputee, seated with their legs and the surrounding base as a bed of thorns. Her pose is relaxed and her gaze is fixed ahead. She is wearing a flowing dress, caked and cracking like dried earth. Her skin and surroundings fluctuate between golden bronze, dark brown, and black.
Detail shot of the upper body of Like A Thorn
Detail shot of the base of Like A Thorn
Cycle of Life // We Are Portals To What Is Unseen
Wooden frame, botanicals, deconstructed wheelchair, soil, tree roots
Dimensions variable
A tall cylindrical wooden frame holds a wheelchair seat. Below it, dirt
and an array of live plants and tree roots create a forest-like scene. The greenery
highlights the red and black berries and fills the bottom half of the structure.
Dimensions variable
A tall cylindrical wooden frame holds a wheelchair seat. Below it, dirt
and an array of live plants and tree roots create a forest-like scene. The greenery
highlights the red and black berries and fills the bottom half of the structure.
Detail of Cycle of Life // We Are Portals To What Is Unseen
Body Stigma - what I am and am not
Ceramic, silk brocade, netting, spray paint, 2022
H 47” W 18” D 16”
The figure is partial from the feet to mid-torso. Two hands are attached around the waist, displaying different qualities of pain, one through a bubbly surface and the other through engaging with the wound on the side of its body. Various glazes and spray paint are splashed on the body, like tar. Soil fills the vessel of the body and surrounds the piece.
H 47” W 18” D 16”
The figure is partial from the feet to mid-torso. Two hands are attached around the waist, displaying different qualities of pain, one through a bubbly surface and the other through engaging with the wound on the side of its body. Various glazes and spray paint are splashed on the body, like tar. Soil fills the vessel of the body and surrounds the piece.
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