Category surrealism

air dry clay, art doll, artist doll, assemblage, bones, children's attire, Day of the Dead, figurative sculpture, fish, fishing, hand sewn clothes, handmade doll, interactive art, Margarita Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican skeleton, skeleton, skeleton doll, surrealism, whimsical, wire skeleton

A skeleton boy goes fishing

Since I came to the USA I found many people that liked skeletons and Day of the Dead themes, among them are my friends Howard Park and Sarah Seip, owners of 4 Starr Frame Shoppe & Gallery, located in the…

Margarita H Maxson
October 25, 2013

assemblage, bindrunes, figurative sculpture, guardians, Hand modeled, handmade, Margarita Hernandez-Maxson, mask, Mexican artist, mixed media, owl, owls, plaster, Plaster of Paris, runes, sculpture, surrealism, texture, whimsical

OWLS AS PROTECTORS

I decided to change the name of my blog, etsy shop, and brand. Many of the people that used to find me on Google or other searchers are missing me, the former name of the blog was www.josephine-artifacts-collection.blogspot.com,…

Margarita H Maxson
October 10, 2013

air dry clay, animal dolls, art doll, assemblage, cats, children's drawing, doll house, doll making, doll sculpting, interactive art, ladder, miniature dolls, mixed media, mother, paperclay, sculpted face, siblings, surrealism

THE MOTHER

I thought of posting this story for Mother’s day, but it sounded so repetitive that I let all summer pass before I came back to writing. This piece is called “The Mother”, and it was inspired from my son’s early…

Margarita H Maxson
September 24, 2013

button jointed doll, cloth doll, earrings, Frida Kalho, handmade doll, hands, Mexican women artists, Mexico, Oaxaca, self portrait, shawl, surrealism, thorn necklace, whimsical jewelry, wool hair

“Self portrait with hand earrings”

Autorretrato con aretes de manos, Frida Kalho, 1940 There she was, looking at us proud of herself and her accomplishments as artist, but still hurt because her personal life was not what she wanted. Frida paints both her success and…

Margarita H Maxson
January 4, 2013

artist doll, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, Fine Arts Painting, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, muslin dolls, needle felted hair, Oaxaca, paperclay accesories, surrealism, Tehuantepec, wool hair

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird/Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibri muertoFrida Kalho, 1940 This painting is very impressing, it talks about Frida facing divorce, loneliness, and physical pain; later she remarried Diego Rivera in December 1940.…

Margarita H Maxson
December 24, 2012

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, minuature doll, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, Tehuantepec

Frida Kalho, the second chapter

I went back to make Frida dolls, but this time they shrunk! Frida is now 3 inches tall, join me in the making of mini Frida, as well as I share the previews of other mini dolls such as Alice…

Margarita H Maxson
September 2, 2011

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Las dos Fridas, Mexican artist, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, tehuana, Tehuantepec, The two Fridas

Las dos Fridas

They are my more recent dolls, based on the original painting by Frida Kalho “The two Fridas”. Join me in the journey… Ellas son mis munecas mas recientes, basadas en la pintura original de Frida Kalho “Las dos Fridas”. Acompanenme…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2010