Tangled In Time

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Artist: Theda Sandiford

Title: Tangled In Time

Attribution: Theda Sandiford

Year: 2024

Materials: Commerical fishing net recovered from Ha'Penny Beach St Croix USVI, crochet Boho Locs save from previous crochet hairstyles worn between 2019-2021

Dimensions: 64 x 24 x 8 in

Image Statement: This artwork explores the unseen threads connecting past, present, and future, woven with memory, magic, and spiritual protection. Using a blue commercial fishing net that washed ashore after a hurricane and crocheted with gray locs, this sacred net bridges the realms of the living and the dead. The net carries ancestral memories, connecting us to voices lost to the Atlantic slave trade and honoring the water graves of those who perished. This object, a conduit, stretches beyond the physical world and transforms into renewal and release, reminding us that the souls of the departed endure in every knot and thread, shaping our collective consciousness.