Más Que Una Caja, 2023
To be shown in conjunction with Things I Could Love
Leather, nails, dirt, blessed salt, beeswax candle, portrait in a found etched brass and wood frame

Altar created with natural materials dedicated to my great-grandmother, Susie Carreño, whose health began rapidly declining as she faced onset dementia.

Más Que una Caja is a rumination on grieving what is not fully gone, and rituals and practices of protection passed down through matriarchs, guided by feeling and intuition.