Sandra Salaices received a BFA in Jewelry and Ceramics from The University of Texas at El Paso, in 2017. From 2017-2018 she was the Artist-in-Residence at Southwest School of Art where she taught and kept a full-time studio practice. She founded her own studio after finishing her residency in 2018 and now works and lives in Mexico. She developed a technique to fabricate three-dimensional forms with steel mesh, reinforced by filling the cells with vitreous enamel.