Baltimore, MD
Meet the Maker: I was born and raised in the Amazon basin rainforest in Suriname, on the north coast of South America in a Saamacca Maroon village, one of many communities established by my ancestors, enslaved Africans, who escaped from plantations on the coast beginning in the late 1600s. I learned to carve from my father and relatives when I was a young boy. I came to the United States in 1968 to get an American education. After the war in Suriname in the 1980s, when I realized I would live mostly in the US, I decided to make a business integrating my traditional craft with modern furniture and artwork design. The designs are inspired by my tradition but are my own conceptions, what I see in my minds’ ‘eye, what the wood suggests to me. For the furniture making, I am largely self taught, with occasional help from fellow woodworkers. In the culture I grew up in, art is part of everyday life. We believe in making the “ordinary” things we use every day beautiful. I try to apply that in my work today- everyone deserves to have beauty and craftsmanship in their surrounding whether its mosaic wood jewelry, furniture, wall art, cutting boards or the many custom items clients may order.
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Baltimore, MD
Meet the Maker: I was born and raised in the Amazon basin rainforest in Suriname, on the north coast of South America in a Saamacca Maroon village, one of many communities established by my ancestors, enslaved Africans, who escaped from plantations on the coast beginning in the late 1600s. I learned to carve from my father and relatives when I was a young boy. I came to the United States in 1968 to get an American education. After the war in Suriname in the 1980s, when I realized I would live mostly in the US, I decided to make a business integrating my traditional craft with modern furniture and artwork design. The designs are inspired by my tradition but are my own conceptions, what I see in my minds’ ‘eye, what the wood suggests to me. For the furniture making, I am largely self taught, with occasional help from fellow woodworkers. In the culture I grew up in, art is part of everyday life. We believe in making the “ordinary” things we use every day beautiful. I try to apply that in my work today- everyone deserves to have beauty and craftsmanship in their surrounding whether its mosaic wood jewelry, furniture, wall art, cutting boards or the many custom items clients may order.
Website | Instagram
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