Expanding upon conceptions of “folk art” and processes unconstrained by traditional craft or high-art spaces, Ramekon O’Arwisters uses sculpture as a space of liberation. He found refuge in craft while growing up in the Jim Crow South during the civil rights movement, experimenting with quilting techniques learned from his grandmother. Flowered Thorns #3 fuses rope, fringe, tassels, repurposed textiles, and broken ceramics from local schools. Binding shards with repurposed fabric is how O’Arwisters approaches the notion that “[w]e are stronger when we symbolically accept our brokenness and rise above it.”