Amy Sherald's work and vision is a testament to trusting your capabilities and honing your craft🙌🏾 I'm so grateful for 'American Sublime' and her dedication to expressing the individuation of humans... who happen to be Black🖤
*What was the last inspiring art you've seen?
Look what @blonder.than.necessary and I made🙌🏾 @blackfiberfutures got a grant to pilot Black sustainable home decor, and this lamp is a proof of concept. I made the lamp shade and the beautiful wooden base was made by Nifemi. bftn will be posting more about this project soon🖤
•The yarn I used to weave the shade was a collab between @seed2shirt & @nytextilelab
•I hand dyed the yarn with dye flowers from @highhogfarm
•I constructed the shade frame with old lamp shades from the Goodwill
•Nifemi made the base out of reclaimed maple lumber
I don't always identify as an artist or designer, and have spent most of my career supporting other artists / creatives. I'm grateful for this project to remind me who I am and what I can do with intentional time, materials, and my hands🤲🏾
*All images by Warren Cameron of 5 Acre Studios🙏🏾
Woven From Nature, a new documentary short by @blackfiberfutures , spotlights how Black creators are building an ecosystem of sustainable and regenerative practices in fiber, farming, plant dyes, and textiles.
“Our vision is that we can collaborate together and build our own Black regenerative ecosystem,” says Teju Adisa-Farrar, founder of bftn.
“Giving ourselves the ability to build wealth together, to steward the land more together, to learn from each other, and to iterate on what we need to have a future that is both Black, but also regenerative and liberatory.”
🎥 Watch the film now at the link in bio.
Executive Produced by Black Fiber & Textile Network @blackfiberfutures
Produced, Filmed & Directed by Sasha Kelley @on.mommas
Editing & Post Production by Openi
Score composed by Philip Kelechi Nnamdi Iroh
📸 Stills from Woven from Nature. @blackfiberfutures
It's my ATLantiversary! A year ago today I left Brooklyn to move to ATL with a couple of suitcases and a lot of faith🙌🏾 it's been an amazing journey making this place my home🖤 Shoutout to all the southern love I've been getting. I think I'll stay for a while🫶🏾
The Art before The Storm! I'm so glad I went to the art opening for Journey Of A Black Girl curated by @cbrooksart 🙌🏾 So beautiful, vibrant, inspiring... the vibes were👌🏾Seeing all this delicious art before the winter storm was so fulfilling♾️
A trip to Tuskegee, Alabama. I was so grateful to visit the Tuskegee Airmen Historic Site to learn more about the men (& women) who defied odds in the sky and on the base. I then went to the George Washington Carver (GWC) Museum for my @centerforcraft Craft Archive Fellowship. GWC was an amazing artist, scientist & multihyphenate. He made the paints he used from Alabama clay / soil, and created hundreds of products from peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes (he did not invent peanut butter, btw). His work & legacy is incredibly inspiring🙌🏾
some small, sweet moments from 2026:
1. 🪩🕺🏾Tej
2. i made an Abundance 🕯️
3. the cutest human i know💓
4. tiny doors, big possibilities
5. me & ossie🐮
6. i look down & remember i'm from california👌🏾
Today I returned some pinecones (that I used for decoration) to the trails they came from. Shoutout to nature for being the best decor✌🏾Grateful for all that the trees give to us💚
here's a small part of the 22 books i read this year📚that's why when anyone asks me, "have you seen that show"... my answer is Nahhh, because i just be with my books. shoutout to my library card for ensuring i have space for other things in my home besides books haha! what was a book you read this year that you liked?
Hello, here's an assortment of selfies I took in 2025. Did you know Frederick Douglass was the most photographed man in (all of) America in the 19th century? He had over 160 portraits taken of himself, many of them were selfies. Happy Friday✌🏾
