It weighs on me follows the feeling after the chaos and discrimination the current administration is creating and targeting towards my people. I do not go a day without feeling the weight. Hearing more and more news of the ICE raids and the counterpart protests. The images of the nationwide protests left a big mark on me and I am very aware of the importance and impact this time will make in history. I wanted to create a piece that showed and made the wearer sense the heaviness of the time.

This piece was tufa casted following Native techniques and instructor, Roy Talahaftewa, at a class at Idyllwild arts. It seemed fitting to use this technique for this topic as it is unfolding on stolen land that was taken from the natives, wanting to take out immigrants on stolen land is buffoonery.

This piece is solid Sterling silver making it a heavy piece weighing 30oz. Both the topic and the piece are heavy and they weigh.