Artist Sheena Henry has been creating quite a stir with her textile handbags, purses and of recent adorable little dolls.
A diploma from ER Burrowes School of Art may have provided her with a certificate to teach art but her knack for it started long before.
“My father made shoes, belts and wallets from leather while mommy used her hands to sew and do embroidery; later she started sewing on the machine,” said the young artist implying that creativity has always been a part of her life.
In an interview with The Scene, the former Tutorial High School student shared that while at school she made her own bags from cloth and embroidered them to personalize them. Her art teacher noticed her passion for creating and encouraged her to work on an art project. Sheena, who had joined the art stream, mentioned that the stream never offered art as one of its subjects and so she was given a few tips by the very teacher. Based on that she wrote the subject at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams.