It Sings a Song of Sorrow
Touch and interaction are an inherent outcome in jewelry. I use ‘desire of touch’ as the basis for creating the work in my series “When…” With each piece, I try and find a balance between material and concept. My works…
Installation work
Digging in the Dark
Movement, gesture, purpose and progress define work. The motion of digging with hands creates a dialogue with the earth, where tools leverage the action of bodies enacted for ages. Shovels aid aspects of labor: a new hole dug better, a…
Bush Baroque
Ximena’s current studio practice investigates landscape and topography as an expression of location and identity. Bush Baroque is the personal re-interpretation of Canberra’s landscape through a baroque lens, surrounded by centuries-old eucalyptus trees. In this body of work, Ximena returns…
Resiliance
My work is the manifestation of the sacrifices and resilience of my ancestors. The symbolism and iconography represented is a visual iteration of their genetic, cultural, and spiritual kinship that has a common foundation in the land, animals, and resources…
Tropic Eden
Nature is my muse. She instills in me a visual vocabulary of endless possibilities that inform my aesthetics whatever form they take. All my pieces are sculptural studies—explorations of the structures, colors, patterns, and textures I encounter at the point…
Kelp Crab on Kelp
During the pandemic shutdown, I paused adding to my jewellery inventory and used the unstructured time to design and fabricate a large sculptural installation – a copper kelp forest. Using anticlastic raising, I forged copper kelp fronds to created a…
Morning/Mourning
This piece is one of nine which hang together as a whole in a 3 x 3 configuration. Morning/Mourning was begun in the second year of the COVID pandemic when I fully realized I would not be traveling to show…
El Beso
This Neck Piece – El Beso – is part of a one of a kind series I made for my solo exhibition “Love” inspired in the best description of a Kiss I’ve ever read in my life by the master…
Where the Heart Is
Our notions regarding Home tend toward the nostalgic. ‘Be it ever so humble…’ ‘Home Sweet Home.’ I selected ‘Where the Heart Is.’ The piece of aluminum that I received for this exhibition arrived with a burned torch cut hole in…
“What’s on Your Mind?”
“What’s on Your Mind?” is based on a statement made by a friend after her encounter with racism. People use social media as a form of confession, so I made the door/grill on the front door of the book. The…
Connecting Ink
My work engages human nature’s desire to connect. Through making, I explore how objects act as intermediaries between people. This work reflects on the delicate balance and navigation that happens when we intertwine our lives with others. Inspired by relationships…
Gravity
Gravity is a site specific installation that uses traditional blacksmithing techniques to create seemingly dropping and melting steel “organisms.” These creatures come from dark portals fixed on the walls and emerge from pedestal-like boxes; shelves and platforms stretch out to…
Cascading Leaf Globe
My lighting journey began with a simple question, “can I make my cuffs into light shades?” From that success I started looking through my sketch book of jewelry designs for more inspiration and found a recurring motif, the leaf. My…
Buy Nothing Gigantic Necklace
In summer 2022, I had just moved to Hudson, Ohio and Buy Nothing was one of my first interactions with the Hudson community. The act of creating the necklace and the group donations and encouragement are all part of the…