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Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders
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  • Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders
  • Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders
  • Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders
  • Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders
Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders

Blackity Black Blanket - Ladders

Artist

Theda Sandiford

$20,000.00
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Description

Blackity Black Blanket, Ladders is part of an installation featuring handwoven blankets made from over 500,000 zip ties, transforming furniture—and an Emotional Baggage Cart draped in a zip-tie blanket—into monuments of resilience and protection. Wrapped ladders evoke aspiration weighted by systemic bias, while the cart embodies the burdens we carry through daily microaggressions. These zip-tie blankets act not as comfort but as armor, their dense, fur-like surfaces revealing how bias accumulates and becomes disturbingly familiar. Rather than offering ease, the installation asks viewers to sit with discomfort, recognize implicit bias, and take part in deeper empathy, equity, and healing.
Medium

Recycled commercial fishing net and black, zip tie blanket on antique library ladders and shopping cart.
Dimensions

96 x 24 x 16 in
Shipping & Production Time

Each piece in our collection is crafted individually with care and intention. Because we focus on ethical, sustainable production, items are made-to-order or in very limited quantities.

Please allow 7–14 business days for production before shipping.

We believe that slow is good, your patience supports responsible creation, one-of-a-kind artistry, and quality craftsmanship.

Once your item ships, you will receive a tracking number so you can follow its journey.
About the Maker

Meet Theda Sandiford

Theda Sandiford is an interdisciplinary artist based in St. Croix, USVI, whose fiber and installation work transforms found and gifted materials into powerful explorations of racial trauma, ancestral memory, and community storytelling. Through collaborative, site-responsive art-making, she fosters dialogue around equity, sustainability, and collective healing. Her work appears in major exhibitions and permanent collections, including the Guggenheim Museum, earning her numerous awards and national recognition.

St Croix USVI / Jersey City NJ

Theda Sandiford is an interdisciplinary artist based in St. Croix, USVI, whose fiber and installation work transforms found and gifted materials into powerful explorations of racial trauma, ancestral memory, and community storytelling. Through collaborative, site-responsive art-making, she fosters dialogue around equity, sustainability, and collective healing. Her work appears in major exhibitions and permanent collections, including the Guggenheim Museum, earning her numerous awards and national recognition.

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