Some artists work in paints, some in metals. Syrian artist Akram Abu Elfoz works with the leftovers of war. With bullet casings and cartridges as his materials, he builds models of important sites destroyed in the ongoing conflict.
Natural hair has always held a fascination for Murjoni Merriweather, who incorporates African American hairstyles – afros, braids, cornrows, puffballs -into her gracefully elongated ceramic figures. “I come from a majority black community so I base a lot of my art work around my own culture,” says Merriweather, 19, who resembles her creations. She is a sophomore in the ceramics program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
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