In my thirties when I first met two new-to-me family members - who donned the same nose as I - my perception of my nose changed. The shame I held from an elementary school taunt was replaced with a deep sense of belonging and pride.

I like to say that these two women gave me my first nose job.

As an artist, I felt called to sculpt a reminder of this connection. Since then I have created sculptures - bespoke, limited edition and readymade - that invite people to reconnect with themselves and others through memory, scent, breath and form.

Whether you love your nose or are on the path to doing so, I offer you a different kind of nose job - one that shifts your perspective not your profile.

When I sit with a collector, and ultimately their nose, I do so with great care and humility. My nose jobs serve as reminders; to breathe deeper, slower, to savor the smell of the ocean breeze, to honor the many ways it connects us to ourselves and others and to consider that the very thing that makes us different may in fact be our superpower.

From my nose to yours,

Kat Geng-Caraballo, sculptor