Textiles

  Inspiration  Images We decided to up-cycle and donate jeans and jean jackets to a local shelter. Both of us painted on three separate items bought and Goodwill. I am pleased with the way mine came out and I feel someone will really enjoy receiving something personalized that they can call their own.

  Idea 1   Idea 2 In Progress Professional Image Tapestry, 2' x 4', Hand dyed cotton With this piece I wanted to show the beauty in handmade objects. These are all pieces of test dye fabric that I stitched together to display work that goes into entirely handmade pieces.

Chapter 5 pages 73-77 Godin Guerard, the owner of Jupitor who ran away, described him as being "yellow" because he was part Native and part African. This was a very common thing for the slaves to interbreed. They were known as "mustee". This link allows us to see all the names and trades of  Guerard .             Indentured Slave link 1     Indentured Slave 2                                                                                                                                                                      ...