"El Amor de Catrina y Rodrigo" Altered Art by Denise Farinsky

"El Amor de Catrina y Rodrigo"
El Dia de Los Muertos Marionettes in an Altered Art Bird Cage

Altered Art Bird Cage:
Vintage Bird Cage refinished with Crackle Paint sealed with Acylic Gloss Spray
Late 1940s to 1950s Vintage Silk and Velvet Millinery flowers from post-war Germany and Japan
Faux Black Raven picked up from a gift shop in Bodega, CA where Alfred Hitchcock filmed "The Birds" schoolhouse scene

Catrina:
Marionette: Super Sculpty over aluminum wire and foil armature,
Acrylic paint and Black yarn wig
Clothing and Hat: All handmade: Felt, lace, dried flowers, vintage silk flowers with velvet leaves, metal lobster clasp, sewing snaps, white feathers

Rodrigo:
Marionette: Super Sculpty over aluminum wire and foil armature,
Acrylic paint
Clothing and hat: Straw doll hat hand felted and hand embroidered with red and star sequins, felt, ribbon

Copyright 2014
Denise Farinsky

 

 

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