Showing posts with label dia de muertos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dia de muertos. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Dia de los Muertos: La Ofrenda at SSA
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Happy Summer to all !!
I am so sorry I have been so quiet in my blog this year. Lots of new opportunities are coming my way and I have been very busy. I can not say that I am sad about it because I am learning so much and having a great time, but I do missed writing in the blog and sharing with all of you what I am doing.
The kids are out of school now and we are getting ready to spend a wonderful summer with them. They did a great job at school and deserve to have a trip maybe next month.
What are your plans for summer? Are you traveling or taking any classes?
I will be going to the last PMC Conference at the end of this month and although I am sad because it will be the last, I can not wait to be there and see again wonderful friends and meet some of them for the first time.
If you are going to the PMC Conference, SEE YOU THERE !!
I am also teaching a class at SSA in July, my class name is PMC3: Making a Hollow Ring.
I have also been busy making new pieces and working more with Sterling PMC, I am very happy about this type of metal clay.
Here are some of my new pieces.
I have also been working on some pieces I will display at the Dia de los Muertos: La Ofrenda altar at SSA. I was invited to be the lead artists and I am enjoying making these pieces and much more to come for that event.
The kids are out of school now and we are getting ready to spend a wonderful summer with them. They did a great job at school and deserve to have a trip maybe next month.
What are your plans for summer? Are you traveling or taking any classes?
I will be going to the last PMC Conference at the end of this month and although I am sad because it will be the last, I can not wait to be there and see again wonderful friends and meet some of them for the first time.
If you are going to the PMC Conference, SEE YOU THERE !!
I am also teaching a class at SSA in July, my class name is PMC3: Making a Hollow Ring.
I have also been busy making new pieces and working more with Sterling PMC, I am very happy about this type of metal clay.
Here are some of my new pieces.
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| FAMILIA (Family) ©2012 Lorena Angulo PMC3 and Sterling |
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| FOLK BIRD ©2012 Lorena Angulo Sterling PMC and Sterling chain |
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| ©2012 Lorena Angulo |
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| LOVEBIRDS ©2012 Lorena Angulo |
I have also been working on some pieces I will display at the Dia de los Muertos: La Ofrenda altar at SSA. I was invited to be the lead artists and I am enjoying making these pieces and much more to come for that event.
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| ©2012 Lorena Angulo Acrylics on a hand carved wood bowl |
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| ©2012 Lorena Angulo Acrylics on a hand carved wood bowl |
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| ©2012 Lorena Angulo Acrylics on a hand carved wood bowl |
Monday, May 7, 2012
I am the Lead Artist for Dia de los Muertos: La Ofrenda at Southwest School of Art
It is a great honor to have been invited to be the Lead Artist for Dia de los Muertos: La Ofrenda at the wonderful Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas.
I am very happy to have the opportunity to share this wonderful tradition from my country, Mexico, with all the community in San Antonio.
Southwest School of Art has been doing the altars for years and this time I will lead this wonderful event.
The invitation came at the best moment for me after having a very difficult summer in 2011 when I lost three very important family members.
This will give me the incredible opportunity to make a day of the dead altar to honor them and all my other family members that are not with us any more in body, but they will always be with us in spirit.
I will make my best to transmit why the altars are so important in our culture and why we see dead in a totally different way.
Hope you will come to see it if you live in San Antonio and the surrounding areas, I will love to see you there.
I am very happy to have the opportunity to share this wonderful tradition from my country, Mexico, with all the community in San Antonio.
Southwest School of Art has been doing the altars for years and this time I will lead this wonderful event.
The invitation came at the best moment for me after having a very difficult summer in 2011 when I lost three very important family members.
This will give me the incredible opportunity to make a day of the dead altar to honor them and all my other family members that are not with us any more in body, but they will always be with us in spirit.
I will make my best to transmit why the altars are so important in our culture and why we see dead in a totally different way.
Hope you will come to see it if you live in San Antonio and the surrounding areas, I will love to see you there.
Monday, December 5, 2011
My little "Catrinas"
I have been making little figurines with Creative Paperclay inspired in the dead of the dead lady figurines called, Catrinas. These are my own interpretation of the Catrinas and I am falling in love with all of them.
The first two I made were my Little Frida and Catrina, they both have new homes now.
What I like the most about making these figurines is that every time I hand sculpt one, they each have their own personalities. I never draw a design when I start, I like to create them in the moment, this way they tell me how they will like to look like. Yes, I know it sounds crazy but that is how I feel when I sculpt them.
My first step is to hand form the heads, I think the form of the head guides me in how the "catrina" will end up looking.
Depending on the form and size of the head, I hand sculpt the bodies that I will attach to the heads. As soon as I have the bodies, I can start visualizing the dresses.
Little by little they start coming alive and it makes my heart warm and very happy to see them transformed in from of my eyes.
I will post later the three finished pieces. I can not wait to see how they will end up looking !!
Love,
Lorena
The first two I made were my Little Frida and Catrina, they both have new homes now.
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| Little Frida and Catrina ©2011 Lorena Angulo Creative paperclay, acrylics and watercolors |
What I like the most about making these figurines is that every time I hand sculpt one, they each have their own personalities. I never draw a design when I start, I like to create them in the moment, this way they tell me how they will like to look like. Yes, I know it sounds crazy but that is how I feel when I sculpt them.
My first step is to hand form the heads, I think the form of the head guides me in how the "catrina" will end up looking.
Depending on the form and size of the head, I hand sculpt the bodies that I will attach to the heads. As soon as I have the bodies, I can start visualizing the dresses.
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| ©2011 Lorena Angulo |
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| ©2011 Lorena Angulo |
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| ©2011 Lorena Angulo |
Little by little they start coming alive and it makes my heart warm and very happy to see them transformed in from of my eyes.
I will post later the three finished pieces. I can not wait to see how they will end up looking !!
Love,
Lorena
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