KÚYA Magazine – July 2019

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a sense from my family and friends that had to do my two cents. I

feel very blessed to have become a part of the community certainly

through working with Jason and local contractors and artisans,” the

designer says.

The quiet fishing villages along the south coast that make up the

Treasure Beach community are a tight knit collective of long-standing

residents in the parish of St Elizabeth. The parish is known for its

industriousness, earning the moniker ‘The Bread Basket of Jamaica.’

Despite some of the lowest rainfall across the island, through diligence

and ingenuity of design, using large drums to water crops and

farming techniques that conserve water, their productivity is second

to none. Maximising what they have, adapting to the environment,

inventing where necessary. It is little wonder then, this is the place

Gore returned to. Art and design imitating life.

“I don’t love new stuff. I always try to make things feel grounded, like

you’ve unearthed them. It’s my thing. Even with landscaping I always

start with the walls. That’s why renovations are interesting. You have to

take the good with the bad and make the best of it,”she adds.

After the Jakes refurbishment, Gore was enlisted by her mother,

Susan Henzell, to help design her new home on Old Wharf. Sea

Urchin, rented through Jakes, is a beautiful white house set in

dreamlike garden hidden by white fences. Subtle lines, open spaces

and functional decadence are the preferred aesthetic. A beautifully

thispageSea Urchin, a villa in

Old Wharf, was one of Gore's

first projects in the area