Lo Que Una Vez Fue Delicado Se Convierte en Sólido (2026) is a work about burying the idea of hyperfemininity and what it means to be vulnerable. The doily, traditionally associated with domesticity, delicacy, femininity, and care, becomes the starting point for a transformation. Across the three works, the doily gradually disappears beneath layers of gruta, shifting from something soft and recognizable into something solid, heavy, and seemingly unbreakable. In the first, the doily remains fully visible, its texture and intricate pattern intact. In the second, it begins to disappear, partially consumed by the material surrounding it. By the third, the doily is almost completely buried, leaving only its silhouette behind. The progression becomes a physical record of vulnerability being slowly covered, protected, and ultimately concealed.

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This transformation is deeply connected to my experience of betrayal within a past relationship. After being cheated on, the openness and softness I once associated with intimacy became difficult to access. What was once delicate becomes solid, not because vulnerability no longer exists, but because it has been buried as a form of protection. Gruta becomes a metaphor for this emotional hardening: something that can hold, preserve, and withstand, but also something that creates distance. The disappearing doily reflects my own process of closing myself off from relationships and becoming less willing to be vulnerable. Yet the remaining silhouette suggests that the delicate self has not completely disappeared. It is still present beneath the surface, concealed rather than destroyed.