"From Dust You Came (2)", 2014, Salt crystals, silk, cups, 120 x 96 x 96 inches. I suspended silk strands from elevated vessels on the ceiling. Each vessel had salt water inside of it. Over time, the silk grew salt crystals, which continued to change in shape and color for the duration of the exhibition.
"Tide (2)," 2016, Black paper and salt crystals, 8 x 4 feet
"Tide (2)," 2016, Black paper and salt crystals, 8 x 4 feet
"The Tide," 2015, black paper, salt crystals, found rope and branch, 11 x 3 x 5 feet
The series of “The Tide” consist of scrolls of paper that have been immersed in salt water for about a month. Over the course of the month, the water evaporates and crystallizes the salt onto the paper. I was using salt in various projects as a metaphor for longing and preservation, regarding intergenerational, diasporic familial and terrestrial connections.
"Shore", 2016, steel, water, plaster, 60 x 24 x 10.5 inches
"Shore", 2016, steel, water, plaster, 60 x 24 x 10.5 inches
"Shore", 2016, steel, water, plaster, 60 x 24 x 10.5 inches
"Shore (2)," 2016, steel, 48 x 23.5 x 4.5 inches
"The Stain of Remembrance," 2013, Salt, Rust, pencil, photo transfer, 29 x 43 inches (framed)
Most of the white paper salt pieces are made from found rusted objects from abandoned sites in NYC, saltwater, and transfers with drawings of my Lola, based on from photos I took of her in the Philippines.
"The Stain of Remembrance (2)," 2013, Salt, Rust, pencil, photo transfer, 29 x 43 inches (framed)
"The Stain of Remembrance (3)," 2013, Rust and salt on paper, 24 x 18 inches
"Kasa (2)," 2015, Rust and pencil on paper, 14 x 17 inches
"Residue," 2013, Salt, Ink on paper, 29 x 43 inches
"Kasa," 2015, Rust, pencil, collage, 9x 12 inches
"The Stain of Forgetting (3)," 2014, Rust, salt, ink on paper, 15.5 x 17 inches
"The Stain of Forgetting," 2014, Rust, salt, ink on paper, 15.5 x 17
"Peripheral Shadows," 2013, Rust and Salt on paper, 30 x 22 inches
"Yolanda (5)," 2014, Salt and pencil on black paper, 9 x 12 inches
The “Yolanda” series are salt drawings made from stenciled photographs. The photos are from news clips depicting scenes in the Philippines post Typhoon Yolanda, one of the biggest tropical cyclones in history.
"Yolanda (1)," 2014 9 x 12 inches salt collage pencil
"Yolanda (9)," 2014, pencil and salt on paper, 9 x 12 inches
"Yolanda (8)," 2014, pencil and salt on paper, 9 x 12 inches
"Yolanda (2)," 2014, Salt and pencil on black paper, 9 x 12 inches
"Yolanda (6)," 2014, pencil and salt on paper, 9 x 12 inches
"Yolanda (4)," 2014, Salt and pencil on black paper, 9 x 12 inches
"The Flood," 2014, Salt, pencil, black paper, 22 x 30 inches
"Lichen (1)," 2014, Salt on paper, 18 x 12 inches
"Lichen (2)," 2014, Salt on black paper, 30 x 44.5 inches