Artworks

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  • Conflict
  • Chaleco Protector
  • clothing, costume, functional, sculpture
  • vest
  • dyeing, sewing, appliqué
  • buttons, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, woven
  • 2024
  • To overcome feeling helpless watching conflicts harm innocent people, I made this vest to express a prayer for the protection of women and children as wars rage
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
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  • Orquidia
  • Chaleco Protector
  • costume, clothing, functional
  • vest
  • sewing, appliqué
  • beads, buttons, found-objects, upholstery
  • 2023
  • 22 × 45 inches
  • For my birthday, I birthed Orquidia, a Chaleco Protector self portrait. Like a flower, our birthdays bloom annually, marking the passage of years with delicate resilience.
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Creer (Believe)
  • Chaleco Protector
  • clothing, costume, functional
  • vest
  • appliqué, needlework, printing, sewing
  • canvas, fabric, upholstery, woven
  • 2021
  • 20 × 20 inches
  • Creer gives the wearer confidence to believe in themselves, so you can move forward in life, to overcome the really hard spots with flexible beliefs.
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Esperanza (Hope)
  • Chaleco Protector
  • clothing, costume, functional
  • vest
  • appliqué, beadwork, dyeing, embroidery, sewing, weaving
  • buttons, canvas, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, thread, woven, upholstery
  • 2021
  • 20 × 30 inches
  • Esperanza empowers the wearer with hope. You regain control of your future, and can now transcend the chaos of the world.
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Sueño (Dream)
  • Chaleco Protector
  • clothing, costume, functional
  • appliqué, beadwork, embroidery, sewing
  • buttons, canvas, beads, salvaged, trim, woven, felt, upholstery
  • 2020
  • dream, vest, flowers
  • 20 × 21 inches
  • I go to sleep and dream of a better world — with flowers growing out of my head. See the seedlings sprout with joyful optimism? It’s time to reciprocate, what have you done for Mother Earth?
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta