Dancing Catrina in Blue Dancing Catrina Handmade Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-5175 Peruvian artisan Maria Esperanza Jauregui

Peruvian artisan Maria Esperanza Jauregui combines stitch definition with a multi-colored yarn to create a stunning hand knit hat topped with a pompom

6 cm 2X 52" / 132 cm 30" / 76

The reverse side is solid black cotton

Rich crimson hues evoke nature's refreshing beauty in a robe from Nyoman Nadri

Dancing Catrina in Blue Dancing Catrina Handmade Papier Mache Statuette _artisan--novica-artisan-5175 Peruvian artisan Maria Esperanza JaureguiLifting the hem of her wide skirts, a beautiful catrina in blue launches into a sevillana. Maria Lozano in Mexico crafts the stunning skeletal figurine from papier mache, painting it carefully by hand. Lozano designs the figurine after the original 'La Calavera Catrina', a zinc etching created by the artist Jos Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a satirical portrait of