A mantle is a piece of clothing worn by kings, emperors and religious authorities and therefore charged with symbolism, elevating its user to another realm but also depersonalising him. Mantles are considered to be a masculine symbol, confering power and authority. If they appeared in dreams, Jung interpreted them as confidence and courage, while Freud spoke of the fallic symbol, not for its visual attributes but for its "detachable nature, which evoques castration”. 
The idea that one can put on a mantle and become somebody else is fascinating, but the thought that one can remove it is also of interest. A mantle also confers the possibility of introspection, within God or oneself.
Since 2017, when I began embroidering with artist friends at a historic Church in central Rio, I've been focusing my work and research on this sacred ground, investigating clerical clothes, their fabrics, material and use. Working creatively feels sometimes as a superpower, and making a mantle potentializes the process. I think of my mantles as relational art, pieces that aim to empower and/or move the one who uses it. I create mantles to make space, safe places where one can create, feel empathy or to simply exist. 
"The Guilt Mantle" I’m sending you is about all that: in red linen as blood and life itself, it is the mantle of those who carry the crowds, take care of the children and relatives, of who’s never alone: the heavy mantle of a woman, of a mother.