Catrina in Red Hand Crafted Papier Mache Catrina Sculpture with Hat MDRM Thatsanee and Ramphan craft the

Thatsanee and Ramphan craft the bowl of ceramic

and sleeves with trailing blooms and vines

Classic Javanese batik patterns and lavish colors combine to form the intricate design of this silk shawl

Hand-dyed with organic dyes

Juan Licas Coronado carves the images by hand onto the jewelry box

Catrina in Red Hand Crafted Papier Mache Catrina Sculpture with Hat MDRM Thatsanee and Ramphan craft theElegantly clad in a red and gold gown, La Catrina lifts the edge of her lacy, broad brimmed hat. Maria Lozano in Mexico crafts the wonderful skeletal figurine from papier mache, painting it carefully by hand. Lozano designs the figurine after the original 'La Calavera Catrina', a zinc etching created by the artist Jos Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a satirical portrait of