I designed and made this absolutely crazy looking cloth doll, and then wrote a silly little poem to go with her picture in the book. It described just how I was feeling and saw myself at the time.

Aunty is a deferential title universally given to loved matron figures across cultures. Drawing on the traditions of Madama, Mamman, and Mammy/Mother archetype dolls found throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, and West Africa, Natalia has re-envisioned this craft in her series, Aunties.