Showing posts with label sugar skull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar skull. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2015
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Calavera Sisters
Just finished yesterday, these giant calavera skulls. They are an order for the Veuve Clicquot champagne company's Dia de los Muertos event. Hope you like these sisters.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
The 3 Calaveras
I created these 3 Calaveras as a series to show the evolution of the "Calavera" within the Mexican Tradition.
This calavera I call, "First Skull". A hallmark of "modern" humans was the actual burial and ceremonies that followed the death of a loved one. The body would be decorated and placed in a shallow grave, to be unearthed later and displayed as an honored Ancestor.
The second skull, "Aztec Warrior" . This calavera shows all of the magical, mystical warrior marking on this skull face. The Aztec civilization took the power of life/death to another level.
The final skull is the modern Sugar Calavera with bright colors and common motifs. The modern era has turned the Calavera into more a caricature of death, rather than the powerful and revered original skulls of the Ancestors.
This calavera I call, "First Skull". A hallmark of "modern" humans was the actual burial and ceremonies that followed the death of a loved one. The body would be decorated and placed in a shallow grave, to be unearthed later and displayed as an honored Ancestor.
The second skull, "Aztec Warrior" . This calavera shows all of the magical, mystical warrior marking on this skull face. The Aztec civilization took the power of life/death to another level.
The final skull is the modern Sugar Calavera with bright colors and common motifs. The modern era has turned the Calavera into more a caricature of death, rather than the powerful and revered original skulls of the Ancestors.
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