Stories from the studio: process, materials and the making of each piece.
For me it’s always a pleasure restoring antiques, especially multidimensional ones, because there is plenty of fun in the process. Some years ago I restored a large plaster Jesus sculpture, circa 1930, it belonged to the grandmother of a friend…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
Starry Night I painted the above oil picture in 2007, the name was “Starry Night”, it depicted Bernice, an 8 year-old starfish hunter. She seems to be floating in the night sky, which is also the sea. I think is…
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…
Once I dreamed about a hybrid creature, mix of a girl and a crow, her face was human, somehow I could make her features bird-like, design black clothing, even giving her wings. Also she had to be very elegant. Una vez…
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…