'Lágrimas'
Pretty Altered
Mother of Pearl gold-plated evil eye, Mati eye beads, glass beads + gold-plated elements
20" long

'Tears'
The tears I cried alchemized into the amulets I wear around my neck. 
Destiny was written in my cry, 
but I didn’t know it until I saw the Sandías on the horizon.
They welcomed me home again, leaving behind my mistakes and pain.

-Elizabeth Roybal