archive no. S01-001
genius child
brown speckled stoneware · glaze
2026.
1 of 1.
exhibited
hairitage: salon I · Los Angeles · 2026
genius child celebrates the freedom to imagine without limits, embrace our peculiarities, and delight in the playful irreverence of being entirely ourselves. its lopsided twists evoke the unruly imagination of childhood, before uniqueness becomes something to correct, conceal, or outgrow.
taking its name from Langston Hughes’ poem Genius Child, this vessel carries the qualities that make a child seem mischievous, ungovernable, or unruly, and asks what happens when those same qualities become essential to survival and self-definition.
what it holds
mischief.
instinct.
intuition.
fully belonging to oneself
imagination without limits.
difference without demonization.
reconciliation with the self.
the refusal to disappear.
the finished work
formed:
dimensions:
2026
4½” h × 7¾” w × 4” d
brown speckled stoneware ·
glaze ·
mother-of-pearl luster ·
vintage Goody hair twister
materials:
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each hairitage piece is handmade at a human speed and released in limited salons.
