About Us
About Rete's Creations
Sculptor. poet.
My life has been shaped by instability, poverty, and harm, beginning at birth. There was rarely enough—of food, safety, love, or belonging—and I learned early that acceptance was often conditional. As a result, I grew up searching for what felt strong, steady, and trustworthy: things that endure, that do not disappear or betray.
Art became a refuge. As a child, I built an inner world rich with characters and stories drawn from my lived experience—a place of freedom and survival that still shapes my work today. I began breaking free in 2016, and by 2020, I recognized patterns of harm I had already lived through. That recognition deepened my commitment to creating work rooted in resilience and truth.
I make sculptures and wall art as a way to seek autonomy, and the freedom to exist as I was made. I am drawn to nature because it is unapologetically itself—wild yet steady, vulnerable yet resilient. Animals and plants do not ask permission to exist, and they recover even after devastation.
Fantasy, imagination, and poetry allow me to express what ordinary language cannot. Through form, texture, and story, my work becomes a space where survival turns into agency, and vulnerability becomes quiet power.
When monsters Dress up!
This series explores the tension between appearance and reality. The figures are monsters disguised as something gentle—cute, friendly, and approachable—inviting trust before revealing quiet complexity beneath the surface.
Using soft materials, rounded forms, and playful color, each sculpture reflects how charm and warmth can sometimes act as a kind of costume. Beneath that softness, individuality remains present: personalities emerge through posture, texture, and subtle expression.
These monsters are not meant to frighten. Instead, they ask viewers to slow down and look more closely at what feels safe, familiar, or comforting. By pairing sweetness with unease, the series invites reflection on vulnerability, perception, and the small moments when truth peeks through a carefully crafted exterior.
Each piece is handmade and one of a kind, existing as both character and object—quietly watchful, gently humorous, and intentionally imperfect.
Rooted in nature
Whatever we are rooted in has the power to shape our identity. When life becomes focused on survival, it is easy to lose sight of who we are and what we were created to be.
I have long been drawn to fantasy and nature because they offered me a place of freedom—spaces where identity is not fixed or constrained, and growth is possible. Through these worlds, I also found grounding, healing, and a deeper spiritual connection, which continues to inform my work.
This series explores hybrid beings—creatures that are part tree and part something else. They exist between states of becoming, symbolizing resilience, transformation, and rootedness. Trees represent endurance, life, growth, and connection, while the other elements reflect individuality and lived experience.
My hope is that these works invite viewers to reflect on their own roots, identities, and capacity for growth. Each piece is an offering of encouragement: that we are not defined solely by what we endure, and that there is beauty, intention, and purpose in who we are—no matter what life or others may have tried to take away.
Friendly, Gentle Characters
Throughout my life, I have sought out people and places that feel gentle, safe, strong, and friendly. Those same qualities guide this series of crochet sculptures.
These works are not plush toys, but sculptural characters—soft in form, inviting in presence, and rooted in approachability. Each piece balances strength with tenderness, offering quiet companionship rather than spectacle. Some characters feel eager to engage the imagination and play, while others simply wish to inhabit a space and make it feel lighter, warmer, and more alive.
Through rounded forms, tactile surfaces, and subtle personality, this series explores comfort, curiosity, and emotional safety. The characters exist as small anchors of gentleness—objects that invite connection, imagination, and a moment of ease in an often overwhelming world.