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Bottle Tree

After I first visited my family in Jamaica I read robert Farris Thompson's "Flash of the Spirit" and bacame fascinated by bottle trees, so I made my own. the bottles are covered with fabric, then embroidered with sequins and beads like Haitian libation bottles. It took me two years to make.
Bottle Tree

After I first visited my family in Jamaica I read robert Farris Thompson's "Flash of the Spirit" and bacame fascinated by bottle trees, so I made my own. the bottles are covered with fabric, then embroidered with sequins and beads like Haitian libation bottles. It took me two years to make.