dias de las calveras

El Corazon

El Corazon - 2007
Mixed media wooden box

El Corazon - interior detail

Cactus Rose - 2007
Mixed media wooden box

Flower earrings with iridescent pink Czech glass bead & Chinese chartreuse colored glass with pink flower bead; just lovely!

Dazzling goldstone

Goldstone, serpentine, sterling, necklace;
50" long;
$85.00

Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe
mini altar using digital image on fimo, acrylic paints and beading;
$50.00

CHE!
Collage with digitally enhanced image , acrylics, on 5 by 6" canvas;
$25.00

NOLA: NAMELESS, NOT FORGOTTEN

Remembering New Orleans - an altar by Martha Rodriguez.
Dias de la Muertas, 2005. The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

You can say that this altar is all about the artifacts, from the special keepsake to the humble kitchen condiments. Little pieces of lives that have been shattered.

Remember the people of New Orleans Send good wishes, good thoughts their way.

[dried flower detail]

senor calavera and an offering for his friends, Louie and Buddy.

Some of the brilliant writers from new orleans.

What I had in my mind was that these are families, individuals forced to leave their homes and their histories behind.
What would that feel like to you? How reslient could you be in returning to your home after such a disaster? How important, how strong is the pull to return to your roots?

[martha rodriguez]