At artist residency Joya: arte + ecología / AiR in Almeria, Spain, I explored ideas around home. The expansive location embedded in nature, allowed me to connect deeply to my surroundings. By collecting discarded objects and repurposing them into a rug, a symbolic object in many cultures that connect to the foundation of a home, I was able to build a sense of belonging to a seemingly foreign world. By weaving elements that were left behind, the objects themselves find a sense of meaning and home that had once been abandoned.