Hand-carved Lignum Vitae 17

Born in the fishing community of Treasure Beach, Georgie captained boats for most of his life. Although he carves a variety of objects, his life as a fisherman continues to inform a lot of his work. Georgie carves wooden boats, which resemble the traditional dug-out canoes his father used to build by hand from cotton trees. This is a practice passed down from Jamaica’s indigenous Tainos.