Service Description

📍St. Croix, Frederiksted Friends in the Courtyard Workshop Thursday, November 19 10:00am-12:00pm Age 18+ Members: $55 Nonmembers: $60 Celebrate the spirit and movement of one of the Caribbean’s most iconic cultural figures. Participants will twist, bend, and shape wire to create their own expressive Moko Jumbie, full of rhythm, personality, and island energy. This workshop is welcoming to all skill levels and focuses on creativity, play, and cultural expression. Waldy’s relaxed, encouraging teaching style makes the process fun and approachable, whether you’re new to wire art or a returning participant. All materials are provided, but you can bring your favorite cloth material to add to your creation! About the Artist: Is a Crucian artist who works exclusively in found and recycled materials – cable, rope, barbed wire, glass, wood, screening, fabric and found objects are all fair game for his extraordinary imagination and ability to turn trash into beauty. All his subjects, human and animal, are infused with their own unique vitality and self-possession, but it is in his female figures that we see a deeply held respect and admiration for the strength and vulnerability of women. These expressions are informed by the courage and suffering he witnessed in his mother. Raised in a volatile household with an abusive stepfather, He abandoned his formal education in junior high school. As a young man, he supported himself by painting, rebuilding, recycling (no pun intended), and selling used bikes.