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CUTE + CREEPY + COOL

As I mentioned on an earlier post, skeletons are very common things in Mexican life, not only for Day of the Dead, but as an everyday presence. One day I was talking to a very good friend, a New Bedford…

Margarita H Maxson
October 17, 2013

air dry clay, albine, angel, art doll, articulated doll, assemblage, blue dress, blue ribbon, clay doll, doll house, dream, green, handmade, La Doll, red roof, sand, sleeping doll, whimsical, white hair, wings

BREAKTIME

I got ready last September 2012 for my first solo exhibit after 4 years of retirement due to the birth of my son. I had very few time for finishing my work, only 3 months for filling a whole gallery.…

Margarita H Maxson
April 23, 2013

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THE DOVE

Everything has its opposite: Left and right, black and white, day and night, sugar and salt, etc,. When I started thinking about making a crow-like doll, I had in mind to make a dove-like girl all of the time, they…

Margarita H Maxson
February 28, 2013

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Skeleton Chronicles

As I said before, whenever I start missing Mexico I make Frida dolls or skeletons, you already meet the Fridas, now meet the skeleton, skeleton children! Como dije antes, cada vez que empiezo a extranar Mexico hago munecas de Frida…

Margarita H Maxson
January 19, 2013

animal dolls, art doll, articulated doll, artist doll, braided hair, button jointed doll, cloth body, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, handmade, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican dolls, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, movable limbs, muslin dolls, needle felted hair

Autorretrato con monos

Self portait with monkeys, 1943 / Autorretrato con monos, 1943 This was one of the 5 pictures I chose for making a Frida Kalho doll -with monkey dolls-. She painted herself in the company of four monkeys, for Frida they…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2012

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The Frida Series

I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes…

Margarita H Maxson
December 18, 2012

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Cloth and Clay

I had a doll living in my mind for 3 years. She came real just 5 months ago, when I started actually making her. To start with, I made her head in rock clay. This step took me nearly 2…

Margarita H Maxson
September 8, 2012

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AN ANGEL IS BACK

I became fascinated with clay dolls, and started making them out of that feeling of amazement, serenity, and wonder that I get every time I see one. Clay dolls are something between fine sculpture and playthings, they reminded me of…

Margarita H Maxson
August 27, 2012

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Lady Skeleton Part II

Lady Skeleton’s clothes are being cut and sewn, meanwhile she got make up. El traje de la Srita. Calavera esta siendo cortado y cosido, mientras tanto ella fue maquillada. The next step is putting some hair on her head,…

Margarita H Maxson
July 6, 2010

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Skeleton doll awaiting for clothes

Skeleton lady doll is ready to get a dress, she is going to get a traditional Mexican outfit from Michoacan State, which is a black long skirt, and embroidered blouse, she will have human hair -my hair- for making long…

Margarita H Maxson
June 18, 2010