This 6Ft. sculptural dress made out of almost almost one hundred packs of loose Kanekalon hair weave, sewn through muslin. I wanted to create a dress that would unapologetically take up space. The sculpture references a past that Black Americans could never directly be a part of. A vastness that our stories were suppressed in. By playing with materials that are seen as Black, I wanted to re-write the stories of our past.

The sculpture can not be touched. The delicate nature of the piece speaks to the hidden truths of Blackness. The things that don’t get seen. The style is referencing an Antebellum south where Blackness was only seen in servitude. Co-opting the aesthetic, I am reclaiming it as our own. In accordance to Suzan lori-Parks, a renowned playwright and author states, “A black play is a white play, when you read between the lines.” My work strives for the in-between of our American identity.