About the artwork:
The provided image from 1953 states: “Head Baskets, Heavily Laden but Delicately Posed, Free West Indian Hands for Other Uses”. Inspired by the soaring head baskets of the image of three women from Trinidad and Tobago, this sculpture captures the volume and upwards trajectory of the baskets, their decorative and sculptural quality, the bright colours of the clothes worn by those in the image and the fruit they carry, and a reference to sea-faring for people living on small islands. The sculpture is simultaneously a basket, a hat and a boat. While being inspired by the provided image from the magazine, this sculpture also references my work elsewhere in the creation of imagined worlds and landscapes. The sculpture uses reclaimed materials – an old basket and a worn out shirt, along with raffia, a plant material, and small amounts of covered wire. It combines my sculptural practice with my textile practice.