I have always been in love with the beautiful symbolic meaning of the butterfly. In Mexico we associate butterflies with the soul. There is a saying in a little beautiful town in the state of Michoacan, where the Monarch Butterflies come every year close to Day of the Dead, that they represent the returning souls of their loves ones who passed away.
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| This was my first butterfly. Mariposa ©2009 Lorena Angulo Bronzclay |
Finally a couple of days ago I decided it was time to come back with my design and create another butterfly and I have to say I really enjoyed the process of doing it.
A lot of my work is made by making a stencil in paper of my design and cutting my design in the clay, let it dry and start the magic !!
I love to work with my hands and hand sculpt and carve a lot in my pieces. This new piece is a reflection of this.
At the beginning I was not sure what the piece was going to be but since I am in a challenge this year called "Ring a Week", I decided this will be my ring of this week.
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| Mariposa Primavera ©2011 Lorena Angulo FastFire Bronzclay |
Since this ring is representing the last weekend of this month and because my birthday is Today. I wanted to give the ring a touch of color to light up my day.
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| Mariposa Primavera ©2011 Lorena Angulo FastFire Bronzclay and Gilders Paste (Red, Patina and Silver) |
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Beautiful and thank you for sharing your process of creation. Both Mariposa are soul catching. oxo, celia
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Your ring is beautiful! That's a lovely saying about the monarch butterfly. It always amazes me how they can migrate so far. We live close to one of the migration routes so sometimes they are like a river in the sky.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, magical ring....... fit for a garden princess!
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