The sugar skull is a traditional sweet enjoyed in conjunction with Mexico’s Día de los Muertos – Day of the Dead – festivities. These sugar treats have become an important icon that is recreated and re-imagined in trinkets, dolls, face paintings, paper-mâché figures, and now quilts! (photos by Patrick Tichy

Sugar Skull

The colors, sounds, and smells of the Mexican culture(s) have always fascinated me. Lucha Libre, or Mexican wrestling, is an intricate theatre of muscles, masks, and mayhem, an event that is enjoyed by the entire family. This quilt, titled “El Luchador”, pays homage to the masked protagonist of this art and is reminiscent of bombastic wrestling posters of the 1970s. (top photo taken by Patrick Tichy)

Luchador

Ofrenda – The Ofrenda is a Spanish word that translates to English as an offering. The ofrenda is traditionally associated with Dia de Muertos, the annual Mexican celebration of remembrance of friends and family who have died. In the western world is known as All Saints Day.  The Ofrenda is generally filled with food and trinkets and pictures of those who are being remembered. Marigolds are a typical flower that is associated with Dia de Muertos and generally adorn the ofrenda. My Quilt depicts A skull in a bed of Marigold flowers a small fragment of a traditional ofrenda. 



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