"The Tent Peg" draws the eye immediately through its layered translucency, a small but commanding object in which epoxy resin suspends transparency film, salt crystals, and a single preserved Lycorma delicatula, commonly known as the spotted lanternfly, within a shallow relief. At roughly the dimensions of a large paperback, the work rewards close looking: the resin catches and diffuses light in ways that shift the perceived depth of the piece, making its modest physical dimensions feel expansive. Salt, a material laden with histories of preservation, ritual, and economic power, clusters alongside the insect in a pairing that feels deliberate and loaded. Bermúdez-Silverman's practice frequently interrogates borders, bodies, and the politics of belonging, and "The Tent Peg" participates in those concerns through its chosen materials. The lanternfly is itself a creature defined by contested status, designated an invasive species in the United States and subject to aggressive eradication campaigns, its presence on American soil treated as a problem to be solved. Encased here rather than destroyed, it occupies a kind of suspended legal and ecological limbo. The title adds another layer of resonance, evoking both the practical instrument of temporary shelter and its biblical echo in the Book of Judges, where a tent peg becomes an unlikely instrument of decisive, lethal action wielded by a woman. Signed by the artist and offered unframed, the work presents an opportunity to acquire a piece that is compact in scale but genuinely dense in meaning. Bermúdez-Silverman's objects tend to accumulate significance the longer they remain in a collection, functioning as quiet provocations rather than resolved statements. This work was created in 2021 and benefits the Feminist Center for Creative Work, an organization dedicated to sustaining feminist cultural production and community infrastructure.