Hi! I'm Imani; slow-craft folk artist, born in New York (1995) and raised in Atlanta, GA. I currently live and work between both homes. I’m motivated to create works reflecting the cyclic and interconnected nature of life.

Inspired by the folk art and material culture of colored folks throughout time, I’m interested in returning the art of the handcrafted and upcycled back into popular culture. I muse over not only the value this work can provide its maker but also its potential communal value in the form of gifting and trade.

Through my work I consider the influence of handmade art within the home, on one's body, in divination, storytelling, and education.

In light of the ongoing displacement and genocide of colored folk, a population within which I proudly identify, much of our truth, customs, and historical material culture is left vulnerable to oblivion — or even extinction, some may rightfully fear. Yet as nature has proven, I suspect no thing is truly extinct but has perhaps taken on a new form; much like the secondhand material I choose to use within my work.

It is the personal belief that life is cyclic and interconnected that drives me to press on — triumphantly curious. 

I hope that my work offers a fresh translation of our forgotten truths, and that its addition to the quilted contribution of our revolutionaries extends solace to comrades of color who have lost hope, or who have lost sight that our legacy breathes on.  And ultimately, I hope that my work lends humanity another opportunity to catapult ourselves into another cycle of harmonic engagement with one another.