Teaching and learning a mutual partnership that opens possibilities to new ideas and outcomes. I relish an environment for creative minds that fosters an understanding of a community’s beauty and cross-cultural complexities. All are endowed with different gifts and talents to co-exist with one another, I believe—skills, when harnessed and nurtured through virtues of diversity and inclusion.
I try to represent ideas through my umbrella of making. Mixing mediums, and ideas from different geographic locations to create
I try to represent ideas through my umbrella of making. Mixing mediums, and ideas from different geographic locations to create
African Modern
art of my job at Aid to Artisans Ghana was to safeguard sacred, ritualistic concepts from appropriation for western markets. My experience from working with craft people, businesses, and designers nurtured my interest in the craft industry, and it opened up possibilities for me to explore design and making in America.
Design to Market
Working with craft people in Ghana taught me about using scarce resources and sustaining what’s available. This design and production method was a symbiotic process where they learned their skill set and developed appropriate technologies to spend up their production methods. Western markets for handmade are time-sensitive and sometimes require some aspect of mass-producing. Attempt to navigate between mass and custom products
Workshops in Ghana
Working with craft people in Ghana and West Africa taught me much about using scarce resources and sustaining what’s available. This design and production method was a symbiotic process where they learned their skill set and developed appropriate technologies to improve their production methods. Working with craftspeople in Ghana and West Africa has taught me much about utilizing scarce resources and sustaining what is available. This design and production method created a symbiotic process where I learned valuable skills and developed appropriate technologies to expedite production. In Western markets, handmade products are often time-sensitive and may require some elements of mass production. My responsibility was to translate that process from design to market seamlessly.You can view and purchase samples from the link below. Working with craftspeople in Ghana and West Africa has taught me much about utilizing scarce resources and sustaining what is available. This design and production method created a symbiotic process where I learned valuable skills and developed appropriate technologies to expedite production.
In Western markets, handmade products are often time-sensitive and may require some elements of mass production. My responsibility was to translate that process from design to market seamlessly.
See and purchase samples from the link below.
