Davin K. Ebanks

@davin.ebanks

🇰🇾 Caymanian-American Sculptor, glass geek, flyfisher, banana enthusiast, curator, and educator.
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Passage: Negro (“can we find light in the never-ending shade? / The loss we carry, / a sea we must wade.”) [Excerpt: “The Hill We Climb”, Amanda Gorman @amandascgorman ] Cast Glass 24H x 9W x 4D inches 2021 (Photo 1: jamieb.hahn 2: Jacob Koestler at The Sculpture Center @thesculpturecenter ) #glasssculpture #glasscasting #castglass #contemporaryart #sculpture #bananaart #plantains #contemporaryglass #midatlantic #contemporaryglassart #kilnformedglass #thermoforming #glassart #glassartist #caymanart #diasporaart #caribbeanart #caribbeanartist #davinebanks
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4 years ago
Honored to have my work included in @bananacraze2021 online exhibit alongside amazing artists who use the banana to speak to socioeconomic, cultural, and political issues. Thanks again to @thefruitsofempire for the love! Check out the entire show at LINK IN BIO. Self portrait with bananas (“free as dis sea, / I know myself, an I know my ways, / An will sing wid pride to de end o my days / Praise God an m’big right han / I will live an die a banana man.”) [Excerpt: Song of the Banana Man, Evan Jones] Blown and Sand-carved Glass 2021 Photo: @jamiehahnstudio - #bananaart #contemporaryart #contemporaryglass #glasssculpture #diasporaart #caribbeanart #bananacraze #glasssculpture #contemporarysculpture #davinebanks #caymanartist #contemporaryglasssculpture #figurativeart #figurativesculpture #portraitsculpture
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2 years ago
Grateful for Banana Craze, online exhibit of artists who “undertake critical analysis is the legacy of [the] banana” as it relates to political, environmental, and identity issues. @bananacraze2021 - Grateful also to @thefruitsofempire for connecting me with the curators! 🙏🏽 Link to online exhibition in Bio. - Self portrait with bananas (“free as dis sea, / I know myself, an I know my ways, / An will sing wid pride to de end o my days / Praise God an m’big right han / I will live an die a banana man.”)  [Excerpt: Song of the Banana Man, Evan Jones] - #bananacrazy #bananaart #diasporaart #latinxart #caribbeanart #glasssculpture #figurativeart #contemporaryart #contemporaryglasssculpture #contemporaryglass #contemporarysculpture #hotsculptedglass #glassart #caymanartist
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2 years ago
Thought for the day. #inspirational #artistlife #glassart
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1 month ago
Thinking about boundaries lately. Edges. The *sigh* liminal space between worlds. The works in my cast “water” series imply they are part of a (vastly) larger whole. The rectangular pieces borrow from the grid—the human invention to partition space—and suggest they are anonymous quadrants of space. The Edge Series imagines what the edges of that space might look like. “Edge Study, No. 2” Cast Glass 15x15x2 inches 2016 Photos by @jamiehahnstudio - #glassart #glasssculpture #caribbeanart
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1 month ago
Reflecting on my @pilchuckglassschool @crafting_the_future Residency and this body of experimental work. Grateful to have the dedicated time to play—the hallmark of creativity—and work through new ideas directly. #glassart #glasssculpture #caribbeanart #guanabana #soursop
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1 month ago
Pineapple. Pineapple! For god sake PINEAPPLE!… #pineappleglass #blownglass #glassblower #tikidrinks #processart
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2 months ago
Congratulations @kentstateschoolofart Glass Prof. @davin.ebanks and @ksuarthistory Prof. Joseph Underwood! Together they co-curated the 4th edition of the Cayman Islands Biennial. Entitled “Archipelago,” this biennial foregrounds the unique intersection of individual and collective roles in shaping the current moment, just as an archipelago can be viewed as both a single conglomerate entity and as hundreds of distinct islands with individual shores.
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7 months ago
Glassblowing fundamentals: learn to sit down. - #mechanicsmatter #techniquematters #glassblowing #blownglass #glassblowersofig #glassmaking #sitdowntoriseup
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1 year ago
First “hot-sculpted” piece I ever made back in 2000-n-odd. It was in a class with @rossrichmondglass and @eoin.breadon during a @kentstateschoolofart summer Blossom Intensive Workshop. Forever grateful for their supportive tutelage and friendship. - #kentstateglass #hotsculptedglass #glasssculpture #portraitsculpture #sculpture #blownglass #glassblowing #figurativeart #figurativesculpture
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1 year ago
Reflecting a lot recently on the creative process. - #artistlife #quoteoftheday #inspirationalquotes #theworkisthework #creativity
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1 year ago
Been reading #rickrubin recently. Not as heavy as ‘Art & Fear’, but good stuff. #rickrubinquotes #dailymotivation #inspirationalquotes #artistlife (yes, I know I misspelled his name)
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1 year ago