EyeShell plate

Abstract

Deaf BIPOC person felt she was in "EyeShell" due become very oppression by the society. Deaf BIPOC person struggled to fit in the right group and didn't understand an identity as Deaf. Because there was no role model that Deaf BIPOC person looked up. She had a hopeless confident and felt something was chained to her eye under the clouds.

Creator

Takiyah Harris

Title

EyeShell plate

Date

2020

Medium

Haptic Art

Description

On a dark brown oval wood bowl, there is white cotton outlining a greenish-brown eye. The eye is surrounded by crayons. Above the eye are pieces of green puzzles and a chain on the left side.

Citation

Takiyah Harris, “EyeShell plate,” RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center , accessed March 29, 2024, https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/412.