Family Tree

I created this vase after learning that my great-grandmother used to make pottery in her youth in Nigeria.

“Family Tree depicts a portrait photograph featuring the artist’s mother, symbolizing the matriarch of a family that has spawned roots across the Atlantic Ocean. Captured in New Orleans, Louisiana, the photograph conveys the far-reaching nature of a family tree across diverse landscapes. Notably, the image showcases a ceramic vase hand-built by the artist, which serves as a testament to the enduring generational ceramic knowledge held securely within the matriarch’s hands. The image sparks curiosity about place, identity, and ancestral memory. ”