Mother of Five Bloods

Through her artistic and educational work, Karla Sofía Claudio Betancourt has developed knowledge related to mineral pigments and botany in Puerto Rico, manifesting itself mainly in illustrations, texts, photography and video. Mother of Five Bloods are watercolor trays whose design is based on the fauna present in and around the Cabachuelas Workshop, now and in ancient times. Each one represents the four siblings that Itiba Cahubaba gave birth to, according to the Taíno myth. The four brothers embody the cardinal points and the four elements: the rooster is fire and South, the sloth bear is earth and North, the frog is water and West, and the bat is air and East. All the pieces were made with Morovis clay, harvested and fired with Alice Chéverez.