Kataro’kwi Print
We Gather in this Place of Clay
2024
Lino print, acrylic ink
We Gather in the Place of Clay is a love letter to the artist’s home. The landscape of the piece is meant to reflect the Kingston waterfront, especially around the marshlands of Belle Island. Kataro'kwi, or Kingston, is part of the traditional Dish with One Spoon Covenant between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Ojibway and Allied Nations. This place bears two names, with a resounding phonic- Kataro'kwi. As an Anishinaabe language learner, the artist chose to reflect their understanding that the land informs our understanding of place by surrounding the landscape with both the traditional Kanien:kéha (Ken'tarókwi- clay taken out of the water) and Anishinaabemowin (Gaadanookwii- a great meeting place) names and translations for this land.
This design was also printed on a series of second-hand shirts, as an attempt to spread a movement of mindfulness for who’s land we live on and with.
We Gather in this Place of Clay
2024
Lino print, acrylic ink
We Gather in the Place of Clay is a love letter to the artist’s home. The landscape of the piece is meant to reflect the Kingston waterfront, especially around the marshlands of Belle Island. Kataro'kwi, or Kingston, is part of the traditional Dish with One Spoon Covenant between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Ojibway and Allied Nations. This place bears two names, with a resounding phonic- Kataro'kwi. As an Anishinaabe language learner, the artist chose to reflect their understanding that the land informs our understanding of place by surrounding the landscape with both the traditional Kanien:kéha (Ken'tarókwi- clay taken out of the water) and Anishinaabemowin (Gaadanookwii- a great meeting place) names and translations for this land.
This design was also printed on a series of second-hand shirts, as an attempt to spread a movement of mindfulness for who’s land we live on and with.
We Gather in this Place of Clay
2024
Lino print, acrylic ink
We Gather in the Place of Clay is a love letter to the artist’s home. The landscape of the piece is meant to reflect the Kingston waterfront, especially around the marshlands of Belle Island. Kataro'kwi, or Kingston, is part of the traditional Dish with One Spoon Covenant between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Ojibway and Allied Nations. This place bears two names, with a resounding phonic- Kataro'kwi. As an Anishinaabe language learner, the artist chose to reflect their understanding that the land informs our understanding of place by surrounding the landscape with both the traditional Kanien:kéha (Ken'tarókwi- clay taken out of the water) and Anishinaabemowin (Gaadanookwii- a great meeting place) names and translations for this land.
This design was also printed on a series of second-hand shirts, as an attempt to spread a movement of mindfulness for who’s land we live on and with.