Jewelry for healing son is a meditation on memory, fragility, and healing. The work consists of two inseparable jewels, each formed from 22 preserved garden rose petals dyed with natural pigments such as cochineal and beetroot. A nine-month preservation process halts their natural decay, changing their cellular structure and transforming them into delicate yet resilient skins. Sutured with hand-dyed silk crepeline thread and finished with solid gold embroidery thread, the petals merge brittleness with permanence.

Housed in laser-engraved acrylic cases framed in walnut-stained wood and reinforced with 24K gold-plated pins, the petals become not only fragile organic matter but relics. The work is encased in a handmade double clamshell box, lined with light gray rayon fabric and silkscreened with bilingual texts reflecting the artist’s process through three overlapping symbols: flower, thread, and body. A colophon silkscreened on Japanese paper likewise connects materiality and meaning; displayed on a handmade wooden bookrest, the installation evokes the tradition of holding sacred objects and writings.

The work is inspired by the artist’s late mother’s poem La copa de un pino (“The Crown of a Pine Tree”), published in 1976, shortly after the death of General Francisco Franco. The poem reflects Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy and celebrates the enduring power of creative freedom. In mourning his mother’s absence, the artist reinterprets the jewelry as a symbol of connection between tongue and heart. The design features two inseparable circles—highlighted by the split title—opening to one another, reflecting eternal cycles of life, loss, and renewal.

A durational performance accompanies the installation, inviting the audience not only to witness but to engage in the act of remembrance.