<ul><li>In 2019, Jessy Slim, a Lebanese American designer, turned to chickpeas as a way to participate in the protests in her birthplace, Beirut, from a distance.</li><li>She bought a 50-pound bag of chickpeas in Dearborn, Michigan, and transformed them into clay to create artistic pieces symbolizing Lebanese culture.</li><li>Ms. Slim hand-built Lebanese coffee ceremony objects and created a hanging sculpture using a chickpea textile she made by painting the legumes onto fabric.</li><li>She experimented with different additives in the clay, such as sand, glue, and hibiscus, to explore their impact on the appearance and performance of the artwork.</li></ul>

For the Artist Jessy Slim, Home Is Reflected in a Bag of Chickpeas

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