For Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme, Tedecia Bromfield (@estrella_lune) profiles the analog and digital assemblages, consisting of everything from handmade paper to serpentine forms, found in the work of St.

Thomas-based artist Sonn Ngai (@_he.datboii.legba_). “Across paper, archive, and forgotten belief, Ngai’s method holds: He never asks the pieces to merge. The plant fibers keep their textures, the eras stay unblended, and the serpents coil without a need for an end. Assemblage is how that which remains finds new form and relations, in the open hands of whoever gathers them next.” Read more from the STORM SIGNAL piece at the link in bio! — 1. Sonn Ngai, “Black Heart Man,” 2025; oil, ink, collage, spliff on handmade paper, 7.3 × 6 inches. Photograph by and courtesy the artist. 2. Sonn Ngai. Photograph by NLS Kingston and courtesy the artist. 3. Sonn Ngai, “Ob Takes the Form of a Hierophant to Save the Princess from Her Arrogance,” 2026; digital collage. Photograph by and courtesy the artist.