the beauty of craft is resilience.

I am a textile artist and independent scholar based in Central Texas. The textile traditions of the Black Diaspora are the heart of my practice. I explore the complexity of Black geographies through quilt making, botanical dyeing, archival photographs and texts. 

My studio is named after my grandmothers: Barbara Jean and Geneva. I draw inspiration from my family’s legacy of nomadness and from the skills, materials and plants that they carried with them throughout their journeys. 

I teach group workshops that are focused on the meditative process of creation. These workshops are suitable for both beginner and experienced makers.

From 2021 - 2022 I was Virtual Artist+ Scholar Resident with the Black Botany Studio at UC Santa Cruz. I was a Creator-Maker Fellow at the Winterthur Museum and Library in 2022.