Catrina with Lilies Mexican Skeletal Catrina Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-13822 Papier mache & beads

Papier mache & beads

the artisans diligently craft a motmot bird through a meticulous process

curling from wide to narrow

the moon is mesmerized by the sun's ardent fire

Catrina with Lilies Mexican Skeletal Catrina Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-13822 Papier mache & beadsWorking in papier mache, Marina Lozano of Mexico creates this wonderful catrina statuette. The skeletal sculpture is elegantly dressed, with ribbons and flowers in her hair and a bouquet of alcatraces or calla lilies at her bosom. Lozano designs the figurine after the original 'La Calavera Catrina', a zinc etching created by the artist Jos Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a