Bubblegum, Bubblegum
BUBBLEGUM, BUBBLEGUM.
2021.
CERAMIC STONEWARE, ACRYLIC VARNISH, NYLON.
30” H X 18” W X 20”D.
HOPSCOTCH (A SAFE SPACE TO LAND).
2022.
STAINED BIRCH WOOD, CONCRETE, BLACK TOURMALINE.
8” H X 36” W X 36” D.
2021.
CERAMIC STONEWARE, ACRYLIC VARNISH, NYLON.
30” H X 18” W X 20”D.
HOPSCOTCH (A SAFE SPACE TO LAND).
2022.
STAINED BIRCH WOOD, CONCRETE, BLACK TOURMALINE.
8” H X 36” W X 36” D.
Double Doutch Queen
Double Dutch Queen is consciously tripled in its existence as a nostalgic relic of childhood and play, a commemoration of Black geographic movement fueled by the potential of opportunity via foundry, and a symbolic marker of social and economic ascension. Resting on a low-raised bed of Alabama red clay soil, and hinting at its Southern migratory origins, it emerges from its earthly foundation as a curious metallic bloom. At once a hardened, braided rope used in the African-American jump rope game of double-dutch, also evokes a long plaited ponytail, with its barrette adornments signaling a young ancestral participant. Perhaps further, it suggests the creeping low stems of ground-covering plants, stretching beyond its submerged roots towards liberation.
DOUBLE DUTCH QUEEN.
2019.
IRON.
20” L X 15” W X 3” D.
AQUIRED 2020