Category: Research and Inspiration

…special artistry. The artistry of alfenique.

And, another wonderful site, this one about ALEBRIJAS: The wonderful ALEBRIJAS of Mexico City

…an artist in Mexico City who enjoys the paper scultpture media. Each year he does a special work of art and each year he improves his talents with more detail and finer techniques. Here you see his offering for 2011:

…is approaching for our Mexican friends. One of my friends, a young girl in Mexico City, prepared this altar for her grandmother’s deceased Xolo, Mixca. What a beautiful tribute.

Mixca was a pup of Malinche (Premio Real)Mex.FCI and her sire was Besitos Onza. What a sweet girl she was.

To learn more about Day of the Dead, click here: Day of the Dead–Wikipedia