The Promise of Sweetness investigates the anatomy of joy and the fragility of memory. Rooted in my childhood memory visit to La Sierpe—my grandfather’s artisanal sugarcane mill in Honduras—this work challenges the capitalist narrative of instant gratification. By using ephemeral materials such as raw sugar, sugar glass, and Polaroid film, I explore how sweetness is found not in possessions but in community, labor, and tradition. These sculptures are designed to melt and shift over time—a physical reminder that true happiness is a living, changing process of mending and connection. 

These works are a social exchange; I invite viewers to trade their own sweet memories for sugarcane seeds, moving away from a traditional economy and toward one grounded in generosity and collective healing.