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About this item: Catrina is the undisputed queen of Day of the Dead;, however, her popularity has grown so much that she makes appearances year-round in Mexican culture. This cheerful Catrina is made from a hard papier mache called cartoneria, which has also expanded from making party favors to works of folk art in this same country. Marina Lozano creates the skeletal lady in a dress meant to evoke the colors of spring.Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightlyKeep away from humidity
About our Artist: I am Marina Lozano, an artisan in papier mache. I began to be passionate about this art when I was 16 years old. It was a point at which I left school due to my low marks in mathematics. It was my father who, as a result of seeing me plunged into depression, encouraged me to study something that would restore my creativity and increase my hope and security. He took me to workshops on sculpture, painting, wood carving and of course paper arts. It was precisely in that resurgence stage that I learned how important human creativity is; and I fell in love with the flexibility of paper. I learned papier mache with the teacher Alberto Riano in Mexico City; and in Cortazar, Guanajuato I learned the traditional papier mache with the teacher Clisterio Sanjuanico. Now that I teach, I understand the openness that you must have for each person. I started making pinatas, a very well-known technique in Mexico. That is how my designs began to become more popular, and I began to create more specific sculptures....