“Miami artist Emmett Moore’s ingenious take on water references the ocean freighters that ship used clothing from Miami to the Caribbean and Latin America. “When I was in high school I would see clothing in warehouses that were piled to the rafters and wondered where it is coming from and where it is going,” Moore said. He soon discovered Miami was a hub for the collection of used clothing from as far away as Canada. In an homage to the recycling effort and the colorful design that shipping containers make when stacked in freighters that ply the Miami River, Moore decided to make a wall cabinet from used t-shirts. He coated the colorful shirts in epoxy and fashioned them into a shelving unit he calls “Express,” a nod to the “Tropical Express” one of the shipping freighters involved in the used clothing trade. Moore, who created the work in his Little Haiti gallery, is represented by Nina Johnson. At the fair, Moore teamed up with Rodman Primack, former executive director of Design Miami/, who recently opened a design gallery in Mexico City called AGO Projects.” -Siobahn Morrisey