Textile artist + maker
Brooklyn, New York
BIOGRAPHY
"I was born during my country's civil war. At seven, I crossed an ocean. At twenty-three, I learned to make things that last."
I was born in Sierra Leone during the country's prolonged civil war. At the age of seven, I was adopted into an American family, where I developed an interest in the arts. This led me to the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015, where I studied Textiles.
I received my BFA in Fibers from SCAD in 2019. Currently based in Brooklyn, New York, I have spent time building a contemporary body of work — through freelance, collaboration, and studio practice — across studio art, fashion, and the textile industry.
Every piece I make carries the weight of that journey. The impermanence of home. The solace found in making things by hand. The belief that objects can hold memory.
Philosophy
My creative process leans into a fascination and love for fabric and raw materials. It often begins with sketches of simple silhouettes. Then, I begin to forage scraps—spontaneously finding ways to weave them, forming a new fabric, or building an entirely new material out of what I have collected.
My process is an additive one. I am always collecting and combining. Whether knitting, beading, felting, embroidering, painting, or incorporating print and pattern, I implore the techniques required to produce a finished product. As a result, my designs exude timeless functionality and embed the human touch as the foundational aesthetic.
Handcrafted, small batch, artisanal creations.
Promise
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Hand Selection
Materials are hand-selected from vendors ensuring a tailored material curation.
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Essentialism
Every component earns its place, meaning no part of any piece is arbitrary.
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Artisanal
Each piece is lovingly handcrafted from beginning to end, producing a bespoke heirloom.
At the Table
FOCUS
Welcoming the challenge to permanence.
Much of my work explores humankind's awareness of impermanence. This takes shape as both theme and concept. As someone who experienced early life-altering change, I am drawn to the idea of welcoming challenges to permanence and learning to accept life in constant flux.
QUALITIES
Finding solace in the temporary.
The ethereal quality of my work, through neutral tones and cocoon-like forms, represents the idea of finding home, solace and ritual in the temporary—chasing every opportunity to embrace the ephemeral.
Chasing impermanence.
If something here has stayed with you — a piece, a process, an idea — every commission begins as a conversation. Come to the table.
