STMT

The objects I make are rooted in memory, history, form, function, and movement as it pertains to the human experience and the energies left lingering in the materials. The work translates into a language of landscapes, labor and love; it speaks of bodies rhythmically moving and laboring through time animated as the tools we use to help us work more efficiently and with purpose. My work is deeply interwoven with the historical significance of cotton, a fiber that holds great personal and familial meaning for me. Cotton represents the global and regional history of Tejano and Latino families, connecting them through generations of labor harvesting the plant in South Texas fields. Personally, cotton is present in generations of my family and part of my ancestral line. I come from a long line of cotton pickers, and their resilience is present in the work along with the quiet stillness and abundant sweetness of the South Texas monte.