Coosa Bend Work

Entangled Spaces (Gridded)

Eight inch squares, signifying surveyed quarters of land, are printed with images from the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers area Some are printed with owls, sturgeon, and butterflies. Some squares are further subdivided by blood-red stitching. All are finished with beeswax. Cast paper grids sit on top of this surface.

Ink jet prints on tea dyed paper, acrylic relief ink, cotton embroidery floss, beeswax, paper pulp and fishline, 2025.

Witness

Terracotta eyes look out from the wall. Some have the names of those enslaved by the Wallaces. They flow around textile self-portraits of the artist, a cyanotyped page from her great grandmother’s scrapbook, and iconic animal images. They look out upon the visitors, holding them in their collective gaze, demanding accountability.

Ceramic, cyanotype and solar fast prints on fabric, found handerchief, cotton thread.

Meander 2: Braided Time

This is the Coosa side of Meander 2: Braided Time. It begins with a large pitcher with the words “Manifest Destiny”, followed by indigenous towns, the river, the Wallace House, extinct sturgeon and mussels, among others.

Slip cast ceramic, underglaze, china paint.