Altar Mask 2013

                 


Every year Margarita sculpts a mask for Dia De Los Muertos Altar.
2013 "Vida y Muerte"
 Hand Sculpted Ceramic with polychrome finish

"I love the smell of Mexican marigolds!"Cempasúchil
I wake up extra early in the misty morning, grab my cafe and head over to the Flower district.
My focus is only on those bright golden yellow and orange flowers. I turn the corner, in an instant the aroma of flowers fill the air. My search however is on one particular essence -"Cempasúchil"!...I want my bucket full not one ramo, a bucket. I see them from afar and a nostalgic feeling comes over me.  The herbal sent of these beauties in some way, calm me..."

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