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Our Story

Visual Artist Kat Geng-Caraballo began By Word of Nose from her Brooklyn studio.

Let the nose speak!

By Word of Nose offers custom and readymade Nose Jobs, non-surgical artistic procedures performed by Kat Geng-Caraballo that reconstruct your relationship to your nose and yourself. along with art making workshops that center the nose as a reflection of identity and wellbeing.

This is a woman artist, Colombian-American adoptee run operation.

By Word of Nose is a project by Colombian-American artist Kat Geng-Caraballo that

Latina Artist-owned business that creates playful artwork, art-making workshops and products that reconnect individuals to their bodies and personal narratives as a source of empowerment, well-being and inner wisdom.

We honor and elevate the nose as a symbol of belonging, connection, healing and knowledge. While we celebrate all noses we have special interest in highlighting the noses of changemakers, be they artists, community organizers, or health practitioners. providing a platform for noses and narratives of black, indigenous, people of color.

The nose speaks volumes. It tell us when danger is near …It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. 

The ways we honor the schnoz

  • Nose Sculptures

    Visual artist Kat Geng-Caraballo offers custom nose portraits (aka Nose Jobs), and readymade noses including the 12 nose types.

  • artmaking Workshops

    We offer nose sculpture workshops for corporate and non-profit organizations looking to explore the nose as a source of well being, knowledge, and belonging.

  • The Nose Archive

    The Archive is a growing collection of visual, oral and written nasal narratives that speak to the ways this cartaligenous feature is central to our lives. It includes the community letter writing project To My Beloved Nose and the photo nose tour of New York.

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Testimonials

  • “The By Word of Nose workshop helped me build a stronger connection with my nose, my skin, and my identity. It made me feel proud of these parts of myself, which isn’t always easy as an adoptee, given the disconnect I often feel from my culture and my people. This workshop wasn’t just about sewing a nose—it was about reconnecting with and embracing a part of me that I’ve struggled to appreciate.”

    Maddy Reis

  • hand-sewn nose sculpture mounted on fabric on pedastal

    “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    Jamie Kokot

  • “It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.”

    Lindsey Beumer