ancestor brown : march ‘21
Created from the iron oxide rich soil from Jamaica’s largest parish, St Ann, when a small private road was built. The ochre was extracted using rainwater and the levigation method. The leftovers from the process were added to a plant waste compost, set to grow seedlings. The ochre site was a former plantation. The name is a tribute to the enslaved people who worked the land.
contributor : lucille junkere
Lucille is an artist, educator and textile researcher specializing in botanical and ochre pigments and embroidery. Her research focuses on African Caribbean textile history, exploring cultural reconnection.
Photo courtesy of Lucille Junkere