The Greywater Collection

 I was raised in a protective, family centered environment. I lived in the slums outside New York City, and the neighborhood I was raised in was hostile. Drug dealers lived and worked across the street, fights ensued, and gunfire broke the hum of cars on railroad avenue. Therefore, the environment outside my house, wasn’t a safe place for a child. My parents introduced me to fantasy to help me explore worlds while staying in the safety of my own home. Through books, movies, and video games, I absorbed the stories and fantastical worlds that others had crafted, and from that, created worlds of my own. Since then, narrative has been a driving force in my life and in my most recent creative works.

In this body of work I seek to create an immersive escape through narrative driven objects that suggest a mysterious past. I use these objects to tell stories and use the stories to promote thought and conversation about themes that I feel are very present in life, but rarely discussed. While creating this body of work I meditated on self sacrifice and protection; and especially how far we will go to protect the people we love.