>>> UNEXPECTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS    FROM AN ARTIST MAKING   PORTRAITS FROM HER INNER CHILD.
>> TYPICALLY MOSAICS ARE MADE  OF  COLORFUL BROKEN PIECES OF    TILE, STONE OR GLASS BUT NOT  USUALLY  PRESSED.
>>  I THOUGHT I NEEDED MORE  COLOR.
THIS GAVE ME ALL THE   COLOR I NEEDED AND THAT IT WAS   LIKE, THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> IT WAS HER PIECE TITLED   PICTURE DAY.
>>  THE BURETTE SPECIFICALLY   SPEAKS TO CHILDHOOD JOY.
I   HEAR THEM.
EVERY ACCESSORY    HOLDS SOME TYPE OF MEMORY FOR   ME.
IT'S JUST COMFORTING.
I   DON'T THINK I APPRECIATED IT AS  MUCH BEFORE,  ME TURNING IT   INTO ART HAS GIVEN ME A GREATER  APPRECIATION JUST BECAUSE I   DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT    THEY WERE TO MY CHILDHOOD.
ALL  THESE ACCESSORIES  SHOWS  THE   EVOLUTION OF A BLACK GIRL  FROM  CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE  AND   INTO WOMANHOOD.
>>  FROM COCOA BUTTER TO    BAMBOO EARRINGS AND EVERY BOBBY  PIN IN BETWEEN.
THESE PIECES   NOT ONLY REFLECT HER GROWTH AS   A WOMAN BUT THE SACRIFICE IT   TOOK TO GET THERE.
>> I LEFT MY JOB,  AND DECIDED  TO PURSUE ARTFUL TIME.
IT'S   THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE   TO GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE ART.
I WAS FEELING LIKE I NEEDED TO  GIVE IT MY ALL IN ORDER TO DO   WELL.
I WAS ALREADY, STILL   DOING LOCAL SHOWS.
BUT IT   WASN'T ENOUGH.
I WAS NEVER   GOING TO BE OKAY WITH GIVING   WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER AFTER   EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I'M LIKE   OKAY, I HAVE TO GIVE THIS THING  MY ALL.
>> FROM  A SKETCH TO COMPLETED   MOSAIC EACH PIECE TAKES ABOUT    TWO WEEKS.
SHE REMAINS ROOTED   IN HER PASSION WHILE ALSO  HOPEFULLY INSPIRING THE NEXT   GENERATION.
>>  I THINK ART HAS THE  POTENTIAL  TO  AFFECT THE MINDS  OF THE NEXT GENERATION.
IT'S   IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY SHOW  THEM, BUT TO  GUIDE THEM AND   LEAVE A BLUEPRINT FOR THEM.
ALSO THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE  ALONG THE WAY.
I THINK IT'S   IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL  EMPOWERED.
WHETHER IT'S ART OR  NOT.
I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE   OF THINGS THAT CHANGE THE  WORLD.