Freshwater Pearls
CR-0001Cultured mussel pearl, Lake Biwa lineage, knotted on silk.
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Research and creative practice · since 2023
Collecting better ways of seeing.
Caza Rios is an independent, bilingual research and creative practice by Vera Ríos, devoted to understanding how objects, materials, food, places, and forms of knowledge are made, used, and connected.
A slowly built catalogue. Every entry shows when it was observed, when it was published, what has been corrected, and where each claim comes from.
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Masa
CR-0003Maize treated with alkali, ground wet. Nixtamalización.
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Spanish Cedar
CR-0006Cedrela odorata. Aromatic, soft, insect-resistant, increasingly restricted.
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The Five Lenses
Five required questions. No entry enters the cabinet without answering all of them.
The Field Guide
See allA Field Note records an encounter, observation, or unresolved question. It becomes a Cabinet Entry only after it has been examined through all Five Lenses, sourced, connected to at least one existing entry or research question, and reviewed for what remains uncertain.
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An occasional letter. One object, one question, one source.
No fixed schedule. It goes out when something is finished.
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