Ex-Domestication

Archorlight Brightwork Fellow | 2022

Images | Sally Van Gorder

 

Security Blanket | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Batting, Embroidery Floss, Thread

 
 

Security Blanket Detail

Security Blanket Detail

 
 

At Your Service | Materials: Vintage Serving Utensils, Embroidery Floss

At Your Service Detail

 
 

Wake Up! | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Crocheted Cotton Trim, Embroidery Floss, Pillow Form, Thread

 
 

Wake Up! Detail

 
 

Wake Up! Detail

 
 

A Stain on Humanity | Materials: Cotton Organdy, Upcycled Cotton Cloth, Upcycled Crocheted Cotton Trim, Waste Canvas, Embroidery Floss, Thread

A Stain on Humanity Detail

Happy Hour | Materials: Upcycled Handkerchief, Vintage Bottle, Digitally Printed Cotton Flag, Cotton Twine, Thread

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University: Permanent Collection

Happy Hour Detail

 
 

Babylon is Falling | Materials: Ivory Soap, African Black Soap, Vintage Washboard, Tattle-Tale Iron, Vintage Washtub, Hand Embroidered and Hand Painted, Screen Printed Dish Towel, Upcycled Eyelet Trim, Wood Towel Stand, Toothpicks

 

Babylon is Falling Detail

Babylon is Falling Detail

 

Babylon is Falling Detail

 
 

WMD’s | Materials: Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Knotted and Braided Organic Jersey, Organic Jersey Yo-Yo’s, Hand Made Patches, Machine Embroidery, Imitation Gold Leaf Metal Crosses, Bamboo, Synthetic Metallic Ribbon, Leather, Imitation Gold Leaf Frames, Thread, Images: Public Domain

 
 

WMD’s Detail

 
 

Classic | Materials: Cotton Cloth, Cotton Aida Cloth, Book, Metal Chain, Metal Locks, Embroidery Floss, Cotton-rich Batting, Mother of Pearl Button, Thread

Classic Detail

 
 

POP Life (Profit Over People) | Materials: Repainted Vintage Jolly Nigger Bank, Hand Embroidered Upcycled Table Cloth, Embroidery Floss, Motion Picture Money, Image: Public Domain

 

 POP Life (Profit Over People) Detail

 POP Life (Profit Over People) Detail

 POP Life (Profit Over People) Detail

 

Star Mangled Banner | Materials: Upcycled Flag, Cotton Cloth, Cotton Aida Cloth, Cotton Yarn, Embroidery Floss, Thread

 
 

Star Mangled Banner Detail

 
 

La Lupa Capitalismo | Materials: Cotton Osnaburg, Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Twine, Polyester Stuffing, Thread, Image: Public Domain

La Lupa Capitalismo Detail

 
 

La Lupa Capitalismo Detail

La Lupa Capitalismo Detail

 
 

New Year’s Day | Materials: Silk, Digitally Printed Cotton Cloth, Synthetic Satin Ribbon, Embroidery Floss, Cotton Cording, Polyester Batting, Thread, Image: Public Domain

 
 

New Year’s Day Detail

 
 

Indelibly Seared | Materials: Cotton Yarn, Commissioned Branding Irons

Branding Irons by Master Blacksmith Darryl A. Reeves, New Orleans, LA | Apprentices: Timothy Holmes, Karina Roca, Teddy White

 

 Indelibly Seared Detail

 Indelibly Seared Detail

 

 Indelibly Seared Detail

 
 

Quotidian | Materials: Hand Embroidered Cotton Handkerchief, Cotton Cloth, Cotton Interfacing, Embroidery Floss, Glass Bead, Thread

 
 

Quotidian Detail

 
 

Blacks Only

Blacks Only (Entrance)

 
 

Blacks Only (Interior)

“There Is A Balm/Rev. Gary’s Hesitation Blues, Piedmont Style - A Reminiscence” - includes public domain recording of Fisk Jubilee Quartet, Victor 1 6487-A (Ms. B-8451-1) recorded Camden, NJ, December 1909, John Wesley Work II (first tenor vocal), James Andrew Myers (second tenor vocal, Alfred Garfield King (first bass vocal), and Noah Walker Ryder (second bass vocal).

Sound Design: Bill Toles