*COMING SOON*
Season:
Spring/summer 21
Inspiration:
Sugarcane: Structure and form in the natural world.
Tribe: Andropogoneae.
For many centuries through the engineering of the African slave trade on both sides of the Atlantic, the extraction and exploitation of this robust crop - 'the CRACK of its day' - helped to cause worldwide trauma for society. At its core, the structural form of sugar cane appears fragile and abstract...
This collection is a visual symbol of love to the ‘Abstract Molasses’, African society, her diaspora, and the many by-products of sugarcane e.g. bagasse, molasses, and rum; and is infused throughout with the essence and vitality of Nyabinghi.
Oak-barrel drum inspired lambskin or cactus leather *bags, supported by structured Nyabinghi gold crown metal framework like tall perennial grasses:
‘Djembe’ large sized hand-held bag .
‘Hi-Hat’ small cross-body streeter with Nyabinghi gold chains.
100% silk digital print *scarves.
Nyabinghi crown metal framework earrings.
Nyabinghi crown metal framework brooch.
Nyabinghi crown metal framework Perspex wrist clasps.
*Colours: I Don't See Colour (IDSC) Aqua; Earth, Green, Grey, Lemon, Red and White.