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Old 10-16-2013, 12:53 PM   #1
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October 16, 2013 - Floral Skullpture





Hand made Real Leather Sculpture, Series of 10, Each one with A Unique Colour Combination.

See more at Violet Darkling's blog.

Design Credit: Linda Tsai, Design Director

Jacky Tsai Portfolio

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Old 10-18-2013, 02:53 PM   #2
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Dead cows in the facsimilie of dead humans.
Interesting.
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Old 10-19-2013, 07:39 AM   #3
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I do believe that is the ugliest bit of "art", I have ever laid eyes upon.

Looks like a macabre version of "Jason's" masked head.
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Old 10-21-2013, 12:34 AM   #4
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I do believe that is the ugliest bit of "art", I have ever laid eyes upon.

Looks like a macabre version of "Jason's" masked head.
Have you no appreciation for El Dios de los Muertos, The Day of the Dead?
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Old 10-21-2013, 12:55 AM   #5
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Scholars trace the origins of today’s modern Day of the Dead holiday back hundreds of years to Meso-American and pre-Columbian civilizations. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors were observed by these civilizations for 2,500–3,000 years. One Meso-American civilization, the Aztecs, had a festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, Queen of the underworld, ruler of the afterlife. Like the other Meso-American civilizations, the Aztecs kept skulls as trophies and displayed them during the ritual. The skulls were used to symbolize death and rebirth. The Aztecs timed these rituals by using the Aztec calendar, based on the Mayan calendar. Last year on December 21, 2012, the Aztec and Mayan calendars completed its current “Great Cycle” of the Long Count.


Today the holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts.


In keeping with the Aztec idea of rebirth and the beginning of the next calendar “Great Cycle”, we are celebrating our 2013 Day of the Dead event at the Sun Gallery with our annual Day of the Dead Art Show called “A NEW BEGINNING”.
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Old 10-21-2013, 06:35 AM   #6
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Am a big fan of El Dios de los Muertos and have neen cascinated by it since I first heard of it (about 15 years ago, which means me sound very ignorant.)

I just them them ones.

One of my favourite pieces of junk jewellry is a Day of the Dead style skull ring.
Mum thinks that is ugly. It's not btw.
When I win my millions I will have a ChoccyWoccyDooDah Day of the Dead cake at my party. Damn they make a fine cake. They made my wedding cake, but I don't hold it against them.
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Old 10-22-2013, 10:53 AM   #7
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I wonder if his name was Bud.
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I wonder if his name was Bud.
perhaps. I think her name was Daisy.
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:57 PM   #9
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perhaps. I think her name was Daisy.
I seed the point to you. :-)
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