My Story
I was born in the mountains outside Mexico City, where I grew up among black lava sand dunes in a sculpted house built by my father. My childhood was steeped in creativity. My mother, a textile artist, filled our home with art supplies, and from her I learned to draw, paint, batik, dye, sew, punch rugs, and make jewelry.
As a child, I roamed the countryside in search of pre-Hispanic shards and figurines. Finding these fragments filled me with wonder. In each piece of broken pottery, I felt a connection to ancient hands—craftspeople long gone, yet still present through what they left behind. Though incomplete, the shards seemed whole in their own right—self-sufficient, like symbols or quiet messengers from another time.
Since then, I’ve been driven to find a visual language of my own—one that speaks to something primal, something in us that remains unchanged across time.
I began with clay. I built large, hollow, coil-formed sculptures—intuitive abstractions of everyday objects: vessels, buildings, trees, and tools. As a silversmith now, I continue to explore the visual language I first developed in ceramics, with the added challenge of creating wearable pieces. When I draw or paint, the exploration becomes more graphic, but the core impulse remains the same.
I’m drawn to self-contained forms. My work often speaks of solidity and weight, of stone and mineral, of things grounded and enduring. Each piece is still, frontal—carefully balanced between positive and negative space, where both are given equal presence.
I try to stay present with each step of the creative process, allowing the work to become what it needs to be. For me, making is not about production—it’s about exploration.
Find me at www.musibatty.com
