Melanistic Farmer II, 2019 Custom clay body and red earthenware

Abuelos, 2018 Red earthenware glazed and burnished H. 8.5, W. 10, D. 5 inches Description: Male and female stirrup spout vessel. Homage to my grandparents who fled the Salvadoran US / “Civil” Proxy War. Descendants of Pipil and Maya.

Marcos sin pelo, 2016 Stoneware H. 11, W. 9, D. 5 inches Male Stirrup Spout Vessel

Untitled Detail: Profile

Mama Lopez, 2016 Buff Stoneware H. 9.25, W. 8, D. 5 inches Female Stirrup Spout Vessel Homage to Señora Lopez who emigrated from Mexico to raise a family and provide a better life for her family here and back home. She has sacrificed 15 years of her life working at the same McDonald's.

Mama Lopez Detail: Front

Mama Lopez Detail: Profile

Señor Campos, 2016 Custom Porcelain H. 7, W. 6.5, D. 3.5 inches Male Stirrup Spout Vessel

Señor Campos, 2016 Detail: Profile

Tarin, 2017 Custom Porcelain, unfired H. 10, W. 10, D. 5.5 inches Female Stirrup Spout Vessel

Tarin, 2017 Detail: 3/4 view

Tarin, 2017 Custom Porcelain H. 9.5, L. 9.5, D. 5 inches Female Stirrup Spout Vessel

Tarin, 2017 Detail: Profile

Tarin Detail: 3/4 view

Marcos, 2017 Buff stoneware H. 11, W. 9, D. 6 inches Male stirrup spout vessel

Marcos, 2017 Detail: 3/4 view

Carlos, 2018 Stoneware Male stirrup spout vessel

Crossing Borders Stoneware H. 54, W. 18, D. 5 inches

I am American Custom Agate Stoneware H. 9, W. 9, D. 6.5 inches

Staring at the Sun, 2015 Porcelain H. 15, W. 15, D. 10 inches

Indulgence Bowl, 2015 Custom Porcelain H. 4.5, W. 8, D. 4.5 inches Designed to prevent overindulgence.

Fat Cat Indulgence Bowl, 2015 Custom Porcelain H. 4.25, W. 9, D. 5 inches

Wasp Home, 2015 Stoneware, stained glass, lamp H. 11, W. 7.5, D. 7 inches From the Alternative Abode series

Greener High-rise, 2015 Porcelain, stained glass, LED lamp From the Alternative Abode series

Greener High-rise, 2015 Detail: Illuminated

High-rise Planet, 2017 H. 21, W. 14.5, D. 5 inches Porcelain, stained glass, LED lamp From the Alternative Abode series

BP Sea Turtle, 2014 Porcelain H. 15, W. 5, D. 3.5 inches

Protesting Sea Turtle, 2014 Stoneware H. 20, W. 24, D. 13 inches

Protesting Sea Turtle, 2014 Detail: Face

Head of Household, 2019 Stoneware H. 15, W. 14, D. 9 inches

Mirna, 2019 Stoneware H. 14, W. 16, D. 9 inches Female stirrup spout vessel. Homage to my mother, who escaped the Salvadoran Civil War, and forged her own path to success.

Collateral Damage, 2019 H. 37, W. 13, D. 9 inches This sculpture was made in response to the US' actions in defending an imaginary border that shouldn't exist in the first place. The US-Mexican border crossed the people who migrated freely from the south to the north before Europeans arrived. What is the human cost of militarizing borders?

Melanistic Farmer, 2019 Stoneware. Reduction ^9. H. 17,W. 15,D. 13 inches This quasi squirrel-human carries an oxygen tank on its back. What does our future hold when deforestation and marine pollution have reached a pinnacle? Do our bodies adapt and produce more melanin and oxygen in a chemical laden atmosphere?