Heirloom Reboots Series

 

Heirloom Reboots

This mixed media series reimagines vintage heirloom platters and silver trays as charged canvases, where surface beauty and buried histories collide. Delicate floral patterns are interrupted by jarring imagery—guns, blood splatter, and indigenous Mixtec motifs imposed on traditionally European décor —disrupting the polite veneer of domestic ritual. These works challenge the viewer to confront what is masked and suppressed, questioning why some cultures are celebrated while others are erased. By fusing violence and ornament, reverence and rupture, each piece becomes a provocative offering: What are we serving our communities? Beauty? Memory? Or the unspoken trauma of mass shootings and cultural erasure?

 

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School Lunch

School Lunch, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 11.5" diameter, 1" depth. 72" x 42". Photo by Lynne Damianos Photography.
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Willful Bliss

Willful Bliss, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 6.5" diameter. Photo by Lynne Damianos Photography.

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Specials Of The Day

Specials Of The Day, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 16" x12", 2" height. Photo by Lynne Damianos Photography.
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Water View

Water View, acrylic on vintage porcelain plate, 10" diameter. Photo by Lynne Damianos Photography.

 

Mixtec Design, George and Martha Washington

Mixtec Design, George and Martha Washington

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 9.75" Diameter.

Mixtec Design, Aubergine to Indigo Ombre

Mixtec Design, Aubergine to Indigo Ombre

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 11" X 11". 

Mixtec Design, Aztec Gold to Rose Gold Ombre

Mixtec Design, Aztec Gold to Rose Gold Ombre

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 7.25" X 10".

Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Marigold On Green

Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Marigold On Green

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 8" X 12".
Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Marigold

Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Marigold

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 4.5" X 8".
Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Red Clay

Mixtec Design, Distressed Black Over Red Clay

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 8.5" X 12.5".

Mixtec Design, Distressed Oxidized Copper

Mixtec Design, Distressed Oxidized Copper

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 9.25" X 11.75".

Mixtec Design, Hot Pink to Solar Blaze Ombre

Mixtec Design, Hot Pink to Solar Blaze Ombre

Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 14.75" Diameter.