[4] She also studied engraving and cement sculpture under Spanish sculptor Eduardo Yepes, before graduating as a professional ceramist in 1964.

[4] She was awarded a scholarship from the Organization of American States and traveled to Mexico in 1964[5] to study ceramics at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma's School of Applied Arts,[4] and was awarded a second scholarship to study gold and silver metalworking[6] at Mexico's School of Design.

She began using glass in 1968 in her jewelry, and by 1970 started working with it on a much larger scale, incorporating it into living spaces by collaborating with architects, decorators, and lighting experts.

[4] The combination of glass and wood could be seen in her opalescent exhibition Arborescencias at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales.

[7] An Águeda Dicancro sculpture of steel and glass can be found in the Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo), the current location of ANTEL.