Ancestral Path Collection
“Created from memory. Opened by faith.”
“Which door speaks to you?”
Freedom's Door“Not all freedom is loud. Some of it is soft. Sacred. Generational.
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When One Door Closes“You didn’t lose the way. You just needed a new one.
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Door of Opportunity“Some doors don’t knock. They wait for you to believe."
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A sacred journey through doors of spirit, memory, and becoming.
“Open a Door. Open Your Spirit.”
“Open a Door. Open Your Spirit.”
Features:
Each door invites you to pause — to listen, to feel, to remember.
In their quiet majesty, you’ll find the spirit of the Gullah Lowcountry: faith carried on the salt breeze, strength shaped by generations, and grace carved into every curve.
These are more than sculptures. They are keepers of memory — reminders that the beauty of our past still breathes within us. When you bring one home, you bring the ancestors with you — their prayers, their stories, their light.
Features:
Sentiment:Invokes faith, connection, and ancestral guidance.
Dust with soft cloth or soft brush. Avoid water or cleaning solvents.
Each door invites you to pause — to listen, to feel, to remember.
In their quiet majesty, you’ll find the spirit of the Gullah Lowcountry: faith carried on the salt breeze, strength shaped by generations, and grace carved into every curve.
These are more than sculptures. They are keepers of memory — reminders that the beauty of our past still breathes within us. When you bring one home, you bring the ancestors with you — their prayers, their stories, their light.
Features:
Sentiment:Invokes faith, connection, and ancestral guidance.
Dust with soft cloth or soft brush. Avoid water or cleaning solvents.
- Handcrafted designs inspired by Gullah Geechee heritage
- Natural tones reflecting Lowcountry earth, marsh, and indigo hues
- Made from sustainable, high-quality materials
- Perfect for home altars, cultural exhibits, or meaningful gifts
- Symbolizes ancestry, faith, and the preservation of Gullah traditions
- Handcrafted from sustainable, wood
- Each design inspired by ancestral symbolism and traditional craftsmanship
- Available in various sizes and finishes
- Ideal for home décor, cultural spaces, or meaningful gifts
Every door is a prayer carved in wood. Every poem, a whisper from the ones who came before.”
- wood
- Dust with soft cloth or soft brush. Avoid water or cleaning solvents.
- 9.5" H
When I made these doors, I thought of you--someone seeking something deeper, a space to reflect, to remember, to reconnect. In Gullah tradition, doors are more than entrances; they are thresholds between worlds, places where stories linger and spirits rest. Each door I’ve crafted holds a poem--a small prayer meant to meet you where you are, to remind you of your strength, your journey, your roots. Freedom, loss, and opportunity-- these are the spaces we all walk through,and sometimes, all we need is a gentle invitation to open the next door. My hope is that these doors becomes your companion, a quiet altar of hope and healing in your home and heart.
Thank you for opening it.
— Sonja Griffin Evans
Door of No Return
The Door of No Return is the last door the Africans saw before getting onto the slave ships. Being bought, sold and taken away from everything they knew.
Starting on a journey of the unknown and facing a life of bondage, violence and despair, but yet carrying with them the strength and determination to endure and to overcome.
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Door of Arrival The Door of Arrival is the door the africans stepped through into this world (United States). It was the second door of their journey on the road that would cause them great despair, but yet make them stronger. |
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Freedom's Door Watch night service has added significance and history in the African-American community in the United States, since many slaves were said to have gathered in churches on New Year's Eve, in 1862, to await news and confirmation of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, on January 1, 1863. Sonja Griffin Evans was inspired to paint Freedom's Door which is based upon New Year's Eve of the Emancipation Proclamation. Written on the door, in the gullah dialect, are the thoughts of a person walking through the door for the very last time as a slave. Gullah is a culture and language derived from the enslaved africans brought to the sea islands of South Carolina, Georgia and some parts of Florida in the 1800's. Being isolated on the islands they were able to maintain more of their African culture. The person walking through Freedom's Door is walking into a new year, a new way of life and a new found freedom. Take your key; which is your ability to emancipate yourself from mental slavery and the renewing of your mind, Open your door; which is your willingness to take action by faith and Find your FREEDOM which is a God given right to all of humanity. And know God opens doors no man can close and He who the son has set free is free indeed. |
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"The Back Door" This piece was inspired by a quote from Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Hopefully when you stand before it and read it, you start to self examine. Making sure that the many years of slavery and the mentality of inferiority, self enslavement and fear no longer exist. It makes a person question in all aspects of their life, "Am I going through the back door (colored entrance) in my decisions?" You are free. Free to not only walk through the front door of others physically and mentally, but free to build your own and walk through it as well. |
Available Doors: (Contact for pricing)
Door to Success
Door to Salvation
Opportunity Knocks
I Am the Way
When One Door Closes
Knock And it Shall Be Opened Unto You
Enter Into Marriage
Welcome to Your New Home
Behold an Open Door
Freedom's Door
Door of Arrival
The Back Door
Door to Success
Door to Salvation
Opportunity Knocks
I Am the Way
When One Door Closes
Knock And it Shall Be Opened Unto You
Enter Into Marriage
Welcome to Your New Home
Behold an Open Door
Freedom's Door
Door of Arrival
The Back Door