All of history is in my body: AIA, italian lambswool, kanekalon, thread, dried flowers, paint, 119cm x 68cm x 2cm

Black woman’s coral (Piece 1), plaster, biodegradable glitter, shells, paint, 14cm, x 9cm x 11cm

All of history is in my body: AIA is my sail. I wanted to make something beautiful, delicate, fragile, precious. All of the things I have been told black women are not. The accompanying piece is "Black Woman's Coral (1), it's my hand, it is the living ocean.

View the video of the piece here.

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