Making art is an emotional reactionary process for me. It is a way to identify the darker aspects of my own Bahamian culture that have negative impacts. I intertwine fabric forms with ceramic objects in my sculptures as two homely, recognizable, mediums and take them out of their traditional roles. 

The Bahamas has inherited a type of batik from the slave trade that is very recognizably ours once you’ve seen it and that fabric is called Androsia. This fabric is prided among Bahamians and foreigners alike. Androsia designs are used throughout many celebrations, as decor, is sold to tourists and is even considered traditional Bahamian garb. The fabric can be ordered custom down to your business colour and logo. I decided to customize fabric myself, and use the traditional beautiful island iconography (flowers, fish, palm leaves) alongside not so traditional sayings and colloquial terms. 

The fabric I take is currently accompanied by castings of ceramic bowls. These bowls break and disintegrate under your tough, showing erosion of our culture through sale. The vulnerability in the pieces reflect the sensitive act of critiquing a culture. In this way my work becomes less about pointing fingers and more about highlighting.

I am trying to shed light on the issues we face as a culture with the making and sale of cultural items. When the act of making these items for ourselves as a people is gone, is it even our culture anymore?