Sunday, July 17, 2011

"Altared Days"


 

"Altared Days"
Last Fall, around the time of "Day of The Dead"  I made 2 of these altars,  The first one was titled Altared Nights was posted on this blog earlier, and can be seen here.
This sweet piece is made inside a mahogany drawer found at the flea market, the front columns are made from the wood of a vintage child's crutch. The inside of the drawer is covered in hand made paper and in the center is a glittery image of the Our Lady of Guadalupe, holding silver stars in her hands. At her feet are clear glass marbles, and the rose is a diadora cedar cone, I found in my back yard. Glow in the dark lighting bolts line the inside of the drawer.
Religious altars are made by people from Mexico and much of Latin America. They are made to honor their faith in god and in their saint of choice. The very poor and faithful find ways to create things of beauty from nothing or very little. Altars are not special because of the cost of the things they are made from, rather they are valuable because of what they represent.

9 comments:

  1. en Europe il y a beaucoup de ces petits statues aux coins des rues.. c'est absolument dans cet esprit!

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  2. I love how you've used a drawer and chair legs to construct this! Brilliant!

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  3. merci Elfi, les autels sont grands central et en Amérique du Sud aussi bien.

    Thanks Carol, i am glad you like it.

    Kimmie- thanks. i just can't pass up furniture finds on the side of the road . . . just ask my husband! HA!

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  4. A beautiful alter and so love what you do! Unique and wonderful use of materials to create something new and vibrant!

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  5. Lori - thanks for stopping by - always good to hear what folks think about what i'm doing.

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  6. Really wonderful Rebeca - Check out Lisa's site over at Priti Studio http://pritistudio.blogspot.com/ I didn't see her on your blogroll

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  7. Hi Rebeca. So glad to meet you. I try to do shrines as well and there are many on blogland that do. Priti is one of them (lisa) and Dawn, and another Rebecca, so many. I'll come back with their website addresses. Love your work and thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment. I am now your 80th. follower.:) tee hee. Take care and have a great weekend.

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  8. corazon.typepad.com
    www.alteregomexican.com

    These are a couple of site that I think, no I know you would like. Enjoy your day.

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