1 00:00:08,033 --> 00:00:21,866 >>> UNEXPECTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 2 00:00:11,933 --> 00:00:22,400 FROM AN ARTIST MAKING 3 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:23,733 PORTRAITS FROM HER INNER CHILD. 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:29,300 >> TYPICALLY MOSAICS ARE MADE 5 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:30,566 OF COLORFUL BROKEN PIECES OF 6 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:33,600 TILE, STONE OR GLASS BUT NOT 7 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:38,300 USUALLY PRESSED. 8 00:00:30,566 --> 00:00:39,733 >> I THOUGHT I NEEDED MORE 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:40,933 COLOR. THIS GAVE ME ALL THE 10 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:42,733 COLOR I NEEDED AND THAT IT WAS 11 00:00:39,733 --> 00:00:44,800 LIKE, THE REST IS HISTORY. 12 00:00:40,933 --> 00:00:47,700 >> IT WAS HER PIECE TITLED 13 00:00:42,733 --> 00:00:51,300 PICTURE DAY. 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:55,833 >> THE BURETTE SPECIFICALLY 15 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:57,366 SPEAKS TO CHILDHOOD JOY. I 16 00:00:51,300 --> 00:01:00,133 HEAR THEM. EVERY ACCESSORY 17 00:00:55,833 --> 00:01:01,933 HOLDS SOME TYPE OF MEMORY FOR 18 00:00:57,366 --> 00:01:06,333 ME. IT'S JUST COMFORTING. I 19 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:07,733 DON'T THINK I APPRECIATED IT AS 20 00:01:01,933 --> 00:01:08,466 MUCH BEFORE, ME TURNING IT 21 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:10,800 INTO ART HAS GIVEN ME A GREATER 22 00:01:07,733 --> 00:01:16,566 APPRECIATION JUST BECAUSE I 23 00:01:08,466 --> 00:01:21,100 DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT 24 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:23,600 THEY WERE TO MY CHILDHOOD. ALL 25 00:01:16,566 --> 00:01:25,333 THESE ACCESSORIES SHOWS THE 26 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:26,066 EVOLUTION OF A BLACK GIRL FROM 27 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,933 CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND 28 00:01:25,333 --> 00:01:30,133 INTO WOMANHOOD. 29 00:01:26,066 --> 00:01:34,933 >> FROM COCOA BUTTER TO 30 00:01:28,933 --> 00:01:36,066 BAMBOO EARRINGS AND EVERY BOBBY 31 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:37,500 PIN IN BETWEEN. THESE PIECES 32 00:01:34,933 --> 00:01:38,366 NOT ONLY REFLECT HER GROWTH AS 33 00:01:36,066 --> 00:01:42,533 A WOMAN BUT THE SACRIFICE IT 34 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:45,333 TOOK TO GET THERE. 35 00:01:38,366 --> 00:01:46,533 >> I LEFT MY JOB, AND DECIDED 36 00:01:42,533 --> 00:01:48,966 TO PURSUE ARTFUL TIME. IT'S 37 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:50,800 THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE 38 00:01:46,533 --> 00:01:52,433 TO GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE ART. 39 00:01:48,966 --> 00:01:53,733 I WAS FEELING LIKE I NEEDED TO 40 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:56,666 GIVE IT MY ALL IN ORDER TO DO 41 00:01:52,433 --> 00:02:01,266 WELL. I WAS ALREADY, STILL 42 00:01:53,733 --> 00:02:02,566 DOING LOCAL SHOWS. BUT IT 43 00:01:56,666 --> 00:02:03,966 WASN'T ENOUGH. I WAS NEVER 44 00:02:01,266 --> 00:02:04,900 GOING TO BE OKAY WITH GIVING 45 00:02:02,566 --> 00:02:06,733 WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER AFTER 46 00:02:03,966 --> 00:02:07,700 EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I'M LIKE 47 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:13,900 OKAY, I HAVE TO GIVE THIS THING 48 00:02:06,733 --> 00:02:17,600 MY ALL. 49 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:18,500 >> FROM A SKETCH TO COMPLETED 50 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:19,466 MOSAIC EACH PIECE TAKES ABOUT 51 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,800 TWO WEEKS. SHE REMAINS ROOTED 52 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:21,200 IN HER PASSION WHILE ALSO 53 00:02:19,466 --> 00:02:23,100 HOPEFULLY INSPIRING THE NEXT 54 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:27,800 GENERATION. 55 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:29,433 >> I THINK ART HAS THE 56 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:31,033 POTENTIAL TO AFFECT THE MINDS 57 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:36,766 OF THE NEXT GENERATION. IT'S 58 00:02:29,433 --> 00:02:37,633 IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY SHOW 59 00:02:31,033 --> 00:02:38,900 THEM, BUT TO GUIDE THEM AND 60 00:02:36,766 --> 00:02:39,833 LEAVE A BLUEPRINT FOR THEM. 61 00:02:37,633 --> 00:02:41,100 ALSO THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 62 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:42,700 ALONG THE WAY. I THINK IT'S 63 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:47,600 IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL 64 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:49,100 EMPOWERED. WHETHER IT'S ART OR 65 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:52,300 NOT. I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE 66 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:56,800 OF THINGS THAT CHANGE THE 67 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:58,233 WORLD.