Album: Belinda Lyons Zucker

In 1998 I learned to make wrapped figures from Miss Elizabeth, a South Carolinian Gullah, who learned from her grandmother, a slave. The art of wrapping meaniful and sacred objects as an offerings (nkisi) can be traced to the people of Sierra Leone and the Congo. This technique passed from generation to generation and survived the "crossing" to the Americas.

My current work is about my fascination with ritual and mythology. I have created small "poupes" with masks. The masks are made of bisque-fired stonewear or polymer clay. EMAIL CONTACT: beezartdolls@gmail.com