Growing up female in a patriarchal system often leaves women carrying a degree of internalised misogyny. As a result, they turn against themselves – and against one another. Reclaiming Her begins with the recognition that these inter-feminine dynamics can instead be transformed into sources of support and empowerment. Through the body jewellery collection and a photo archive compiled into a book, Pérez-Moreno invites women to participate in a radical act of self-love. 

Soft and pliable, the silicone structures resemble organic lace against the skin. There is a piece moulded to fit the thigh, another the upper arm, and others follow the contours of the spine, breasts, and upper back. Between the flexible webbing lies copper detailing. One material conforms to the softness of female curvature, the other grounds the pieces with strength and resilience. Together, they disrupt conventional ideals of modern-day femininity and challenge the notion of the female body as mere adornment, creating instead “tools of reclamation” that capture the power in celebrating the imperfect. 

Each piece is informed by a photo archive which Pérez-Moreno gathered from one hundred women navigating their own insecurities. The participants, aged between twenty and eighty, underwent what the artist describes as a “vulnerable and transformative ritual”: photographing parts of their bodies, or aspects of womanhood, they had struggled to accept. The images then served as self-love letters, intending to help women begin a journey of cultivating empathy and kindness towards themselves. 

This branch of the project extends into book form, compiling photographs, stories of resilience, personal reflections, as well as multidisciplinary approaches to convey what it means to be a woman. In doing so, the book becomes both a document and a space where multiple voices converge into a vibrant echo of what it means to inhabit a female body. 

Reclaiming Her is more than a project; it is a form of self-healing and activism. Drawing on her Mexican heritage and her training at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Carolina Pérez-Moreno combines organic form and material experimentation with a sensitivity to human emotion and experience. Her practice is anchored in the belief that our internal narratives shape how we perceive the outside world, including ourselves. In an almost defiant gesture, the artist gives material form to what normally lies beneath: emotions, memories, and reflections. In doing so, Pérez-Moreno offers her work as both a mirror and a tool – a space for vulnerability, strength, and a gentle reminder that we are all in this together. By reframing imperfection as power and isolation as community, she invites us to reclaim not only our bodies but also our collective capacity for empathy and change.