Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art Day of the Dead
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
The word tzompantli or tzompantle comes from the Náhuatl (Aztec) language and means skull rack or scaffold of skulls. In different Mesoamerican cultures, skulls from the sacrificed w...
Ceramic, Clay
Mexican Day of the Dead Ceramic Skull Hand-made Folk Art Sculpture, Edition 1/30
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
You can almost smell the spicy aroma of the chilies in this skull. Mexican artist, Omar Hernández creates a vivid representation of the ingredient that ...
Ceramic, Clay
Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Imagine a drink only drunk in weddings between royalty, accompanying the dead in their transit to the underworld, and celebrating military victories or successful commercial expediti...
Clay
Mexican Handmade Ceramic Skull Sculpture Collection Made in Limited Editions
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
"As a Mexican and Oaxacan, but more as Omar, I see death as something present. It´s something that is a part of life and when you think about death, you begin to value a lot of things. Death is important to me because it’s a constant threat. If you think about dying now, you would probably do things that in another moment you would say, “I’ll do it later.” I see death as an opportunity to live a better life...a continuation of something," says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández. Omar Hernandez is a Mexican ceramist born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. As a child, growing up in a family of potters he didn't have much interest in making pottery, but in his early 20's he realized he could do other things with clay that weren't necessarily utilitarian pieces. It was then that Omar started his skull...
Clay
Mexican Ceramic Corn Skull Sculpture Hand Crafted Folk Art Day of the Dead
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
“My purpose in making this skull is to represent the different types of native maize that since remote times have brought food security to our ancestors, giving them the time to develop the knowledge and arts to the extent they did,” says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández...
Ceramic, Clay
Talavera China Poblana Tile Doll Statue Mexican Art Majolica Woman Dia Muertos
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This hand-crafted ceramic figurine was created by Mexican artist César Torres using traditional Talavera Poblana techniques in Puebla, Mexico. The piece depicts a folkloric female figure dressed in traditional attire, holding the skirt of her dress in a classic regional pose. This time Torres focuses on the tradition of the Day of the Dead depicting a catrina. The figurine is entirely hand-modeled and hand-painted, featuring intricate floral and geometric motifs in cobalt blue, yellow, green, terracotta, and black. The surface is finished with a glossy glaze characteristic of Talavera ceramics...
Majolica
Ceramic Sculpture Skull Model by Microbo for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions
Located in Asti, Piemonte
Ceramic sculpture model Skull, Skull collection, designed by Microbo and produced by Superego Editions in 2009. Limited edition of 50 pieces. Signed a...
Ceramic
Hand-Carved Mexican Skull Dance Mask -Mexico, circa 1950
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Striking Mexican dance mask hand-carved from solid wood, depicting a stylized human skull, circa 1950. This expressive piece embodies the rich sym...
Wood
Skull Vanity Sadhu C Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Skull Vanity Sadhu C all hand-made with concrete, pigments and mirror glass. Exceptional and unique piece.
Concrete
Skull Vanity Sadhu Medium Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Skull Vanity Sadhu Medium all hand-made with concrete, pigments and mirror glass. Exceptional and unique piece.
Concrete
Hand-Carved Malachite Skull Sculpture, Decorative Art from Congo, New
Located in New York, NY
This hand-carved Malachite skull captures the mineral’s signature beauty in a refined decorative form. Striking bands of deep emerald and lighter green create dramatic concentric rin...
Malachite
Mexican Dia De Los Muertos Day of the Dead La Catrina Folk Art Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite wonderful Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos festival held throughout Mexico) La Catrina symbolic skeleton figure. La Catrina is the festival’s most recognizable image/figure. She is the model of a high-society woman who has met Death, her maker. She represents something between the fear induced by her skeletal form and the revelry exhibited by the comical way she is typically portrayed, making her a perfect symbol of the Mexican holiday. She often appears in paintings, window displays, and costumes all around Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities. La Catrina was originally conceived in the early 1900s by newspaper illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada...
Textile, Wood, Paper
