Each vessel in this catalog began at a shared table. Participants reflect on journeys — inherited, imagined, or lived — and translate them into form. What remains is a growing fleet shaped by collective memory.

FP-RI-110 Tiana Litvin, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the contrast between a dangerous crossing and a safe arrival. One side depicts rough, threatening waves, while the other is calm, suggesting protection, stability, and the possibility of

FP-RI-110 Tiana Litvin, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the contrast between a dangerous crossing and a safe arrival. One side depicts rough, threatening waves, while the other is calm, suggesting protection, stability, and the possibility of an easier passage.

FP-RI-101 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel, Inside Out, represents the experience of personal uncertainty while seeking safety and direction. The altered form suggests the sensation of being turned inside out during times of major change.

FP-RI-101 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel, Inside Out, represents the experience of personal uncertainty while seeking safety and direction. The altered form suggests the sensation of being turned inside out during times of major change.

FP-RI-100 Anonymous, Cranston, RI | This vessel tells the story of a grandfather who immigrated from Scotland to Providence to work as a stonecutter. After establishing himself, he sent for his wife, who was too afraid to board the first ship and

FP-RI-100 Anonymous, Cranston, RI | This vessel tells the story of a grandfather who immigrated from Scotland to Providence to work as a stonecutter. After establishing himself, he sent for his wife, who was too afraid to board the first ship and arrived on the next passage.

FP-RI-109 Paula Bontempi, North Kingstown, RI | This vessel is inspired by the annual wildebeest migration across the Serengeti and Maasai Mara, where large herds move in search of water and grazing land. The textured surface and irregular line ev

FP-RI-109 Paula Bontempi, North Kingstown, RI | This vessel is inspired by the annual wildebeest migration across the Serengeti and Maasai Mara, where large herds move in search of water and grazing land. The textured surface and irregular line evoke the heat, dust, and collective motion of the animals as they travel together to survive.

FP-RI-103 Carol Grayson, Wakefield, RI | One side of this vessel reflects an easy entry into a new land — openness, welcome, and forward movement. The other speaks to the harsher reality many face: the difficulty of immigration, the strain of uncer

FP-RI-103 Carol Grayson, Wakefield, RI | One side of this vessel reflects an easy entry into a new land — openness, welcome, and forward movement. The other speaks to the harsher reality many face: the difficulty of immigration, the strain of uncertainty, and the heartbreak of being turned away or separated from family through deportation.

FP-RI-113 Anonymous, Wakefield, RI | This vessel expresses the disorientation of navigating immigration systems. It conveys the feeling of going in circles, tangled in complexity, while seeking safety.

FP-RI-113 Anonymous, Wakefield, RI | This vessel expresses the disorientation of navigating immigration systems. It conveys the feeling of going in circles, tangled in complexity, while seeking safety.

FP-RI-104 Anna, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the moment when the soul moves from one stage of existence to another — a crossing between worlds, like the passage over the River Styx. It holds the space between what is known and what is wai

FP-RI-104 Anna, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the moment when the soul moves from one stage of existence to another — a crossing between worlds, like the passage over the River Styx. It holds the space between what is known and what is waiting, where leaving and becoming are inseparable.

FP-RI-110 Anonymous, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the dream of moving to a new city and the immense emotional landscape of anticipation — hope, fear, longing, and possibility intertwined. It holds the moment before departure, when imaginat

FP-RI-110 Anonymous, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the dream of moving to a new city and the immense emotional landscape of anticipation — hope, fear, longing, and possibility intertwined. It holds the moment before departure, when imagination runs ahead of reality and the future feels vast and unsettled.

FP-RI-105 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel is an homage to the Zapotec weavers of Oaxaca, Mexico, many of whom have migrated to places like California while carrying centuries of tradition with them. The woven surface reflects this linea

FP-RI-105 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel is an homage to the Zapotec weavers of Oaxaca, Mexico, many of whom have migrated to places like California while carrying centuries of tradition with them. The woven surface reflects this lineage of skill and cultural memory.

FP-RI-105 April Khanna , Wakefield, RI | This vessel symbolizes generational movement across sea, land, and air, with a central strand representing the continuity of family history over time. The unfinished elements refer to the maker’s children,

FP-RI-105 April Khanna , Wakefield, RI | This vessel symbolizes generational movement across sea, land, and air, with a central strand representing the continuity of family history over time. The unfinished elements refer to the maker’s children, who are still defining their place within that history while remaining part of its structure.

FP-RI-107 April Ruedaflores, Wakefield, RI | This vessel explores identity as shaped by genetics, culture, and lived experience, tracing the maker’s ancestral roots — Indigenous American, African, Asian, and Mexican — on one side of the form. The

FP-RI-107 April Ruedaflores, Wakefield, RI | This vessel explores identity as shaped by genetics, culture, and lived experience, tracing the maker’s ancestral roots — Indigenous American, African, Asian, and Mexican — on one side of the form. The other side represents the three children she is raising, emphasizing that belonging is created not only through birth, but through care, teaching, and shared life.

FP-RI-108 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the labyrinth of paperwork and red tape that must be navigated to immigrate in the modern world. Its layered pathways evoke delays, detours, and uncertainty — the invisible barriers that

FP-RI-108 Jean Puerini, Wakefield, RI | This vessel reflects the labyrinth of paperwork and red tape that must be navigated to immigrate in the modern world. Its layered pathways evoke delays, detours, and uncertainty — the invisible barriers that shape journeys long before any border is crossed.

FP-RI-111 Christine Skaggs, Richmond, RI | This vessel, Uplifting Heart, reflects the belief that personal growth is sustained through the support of many relationships over time. The colors of sky and water suggest renewal, while the surrounding

FP-RI-111 Christine Skaggs, Richmond, RI | This vessel, Uplifting Heart, reflects the belief that personal growth is sustained through the support of many relationships over time. The colors of sky and water suggest renewal, while the surrounding hands symbolize the diverse community that lifts and carries each individual.

FP-RI-114 Anonymous, South Kingstown, RI | This vessel represents the experience of arriving in a new place, whether through migration or temporary travel. It reflects the sense of relief, curiosity, and renewal that can accompany the start of so

FP-RI-114 Anonymous, South Kingstown, RI | This vessel represents the experience of arriving in a new place, whether through migration or temporary travel. It reflects the sense of relief, curiosity, and renewal that can accompany the start of something unfamiliar.