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.
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Lluvia (Rain)
  • Chaleco Protector
  • costume
  • vest
  • beadwork, dyeing, embroidery, weaving, sewing
  • beads, fabric, found-objects, salvaged, thread, upholstery, woven
  • 2022
  • 22 × 30 inches
  • The Lluvia chaleco is for the wearer to be at peace with water and the rain. Que llueva, que llueva, Los pajaritos cantan, Los nubes se levantan, ¡Que sí! ¡Que no! ¡Que caiga un chaparrón!
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
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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