Today's guest is Hadiya Williams, decorative artist and surface designer based in Washington, DC.

She is the founder and creative director of Black Pepper Paperie Co. an art and design studio built out of a passion for creating and sharing with others. What started as a hobby-based clay business in 2017 has now evolved into a full-time decorative art and design studio, specializing in hand-made ceramics, surface pattern design, and wall art.

Over the course of her almost 20-year career in art and design, Hadiya has collaborated with a variety of companies all over the world, including F. Schumacher Co., Lulu and Georgia, Brewster Home, Best Buy, WALPA (Japan), AARP, and Meta. Her design work is also a part of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's permanent collection. Hadiya's work brings art, traditions and stories together through patterns and handmade techniques that represent her cultural influences across the African diaspora, from past, present to future.

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