Alana Burns’ Cántaro, crafted in silver and nickel, and shells reimagines the traditional water vessel as an intimate reliquary of memory and time. Born in Mexico and based in Mexico City, Burns began her artistic practice in poetry, tracing themes of nostalgia and ephemerality that continue to inform her work across media. Burns’ work is an elegant and seamless declaration of the surrealist impulse through everyday objects, elevating the ordinary into quiet sites of wonder and introspection.