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EDITOR’S PICKS OF USEFUL UNCONVENTIONAL SOUVENIRS MADE IN
JAMAICA
by Emma Sharp Dalton-Brown
Giclee & Commodity Prints from Edible Icons
As the daughter of a Jamaican mother raised in Canada,
Lindz was among
the Jamaican Diaspora,
who had
many fond memories
of their childhood.
“They would talk
of the ackee tree
in their garden,”
she says, “And
almost every yard
has a fruit tree,
like breadfruit,
which is part of
the diet and the landscape. It’s iconic, and it has iconic
value to them.”
Between 2006 and 2010, Lindsay (Lindz) Barrowcliffe took
photographs of eight different fruit and vegetables across
Jamaica.
Lindz says “The idea behind the name has to do with my
view: the fruits and vegetables are such a part of the life
and culture in Jamaica. By encapsulating them in photographs,
they become little icons.”
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Copper Tubing Jewelry, by Kristina Broderick
Jewelry designer, Kristina Broderick, has been handmaking
jewelry locally since 2008. Her flair is rustic, yet
classy, hip, yet not too outrageous.
Kristina says, “Nature inspires me, and my designs are
organic. For example, my mesh earrings look like the ‘Old
Man’s Beard’ plant that grows in a tree outside my studio,
where I make all my designs.”
Using materials such as gold, silver, brass, and wood,
Kristina’s most unique alloy is local copper tubing, from
which she has made earrings, bangles, necklaces and
rings. Although
a controversial
concept, copper
has been
worn by people
with arthritis
for centuries,
as it is thought
to relieve joint
pain. Broderick
does not know
if it really helps,
but she aims to
please her customers,
and if
they ask her to create a set of bangles for them, she will
do it in such away that they will simply seem like a part
of your style.
Jamaican Trivia Playing Cards by Emprezz Mullings
Born in Falmouth, Trelawny, Emprezz Mullings moved to Australia with her family when she was a young teenager. Returning
years later to her home country, Emprezz has made a name for herself as an ambassador for empowering women and young
Jamaicans in general. Continuously evolving her missions and projects, the idea of Jamaican Trivia Playing Cards came to her
halfway through 2010.
She wanted to put a twist on regular playing cards, so she decided that it would be fun for
each card to have a different trivia question, the value of which would equal the value of
the card itself. Emprezz is inspired by her home country, so she felt it was fitting to change
the four suits: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs, to the Jamaican Map, Ackee Fruit,
Hummingbird and Coat of Arms, respectively. Each suit pertains to a specific category of
questions: geography, culture, music and people. She also changed the King, Queen and
Jack in the deck, to three of Jamaica’s National Heroes: Marcus Garvey, Nanny of the
Maroons and Paul Bogle.
The next step was to do some market research. Emprezz personally took her cards to
bars, encouraging people to play, and give her their feedback. She found that they were
a huge success, and by December 2010, the cards were on sale.