"Clinging to the American Eagle" resembles a shawl or rebozo, a form frequently employed in Jimenez Underwood's body of work, with a black square grid at the top and a layer of fringe at the bottom. The artist weaves this work in dark colors, camouflaging the black grid in a sea of dark brown hues. After a year-long exploration of metal weaving, "Clinging to the American Eagle" marks Jimenez Underwood's return to pure cloth and thread. This weaving serves as an homage not only to her love of soft textiles but also to the brown eagle flying through the Sierra Madre mountain range, which she recalls provided her with a sense of freedom and inspiration in her youth as a campesina. This work was born from Jimenez Underwood imagining what flying with that brown eagle would feel and look like, the freedom of flight mirroring the freedom she often feels when weaving with soft thread to create new forms.