In this body of work, I explore how my identity continues to shift as I maintain connections with friends and family in Ghana and the United States. I question what it means to exist between two places where identity is in constant flux.

Using found objects collected from the Delaware River and terracotta clay, I create sculptural ceramic forms reminiscent of Ghanaian Atta Kwame houses. The Atta Kwame house is a traditional earthen dwelling found in parts of Ghana, typically hand-built with clay and organic materials such as straw and wood. The found objects collected from the Delaware River were once used by others but displaced by water from their original context; as I deconstruct and reassemble them into new forms, I see this transformation as parallel to my own experience of migration and reconstruction of identity.

Through this work, I reflect on how the processes of reconstruction and adaptation within culture and identity shape both the physical and personal spaces I call home.