Day of the Dead Art "Viva La Vida"

I have so much fun making Day of the Dead sculptures, so I decided to try a framed relief sculpture.

 

"Viva La Vida" is a relief portrait of a skeleton couple in celebration of "Dia de los Muertos", or "Day of the Dead". It can be hung all year or just saved for that special time of year. 

 "Viva La Vida" means 'Live Life' or 'Live The Life', and is an expression used to celebrate life.

 If your space is craving a little color, this framed art piece will spice it up! It is a 5x7 frame, which measures 6.5" x 8.5" total. The characters are sculpted from polymer clay. The frame is turquoise and from Ikea.

I can do custom made portraits of couples, families, and pets. Just write to ask me for a quote.  This piece is available here.  See my shop for more fun art!

Thanks for stopping by!

Waxela (wa-shay-la)

Sock Monkey Santas with Heart Wedding Cake Topper or Ornament

I am working on some holiday themed sock monkey ornaments for my etsy shop.  This is the first one has two monkeys in Santa hats holding a heart.  The heart can be customized with names and a date.

See my etsy shop to get your own!

Day of the Dead Wedding Cake Topper

One of my very favorite things to sculpt is Day of the Dead portraits and cake toppers.  I just had the opportunity to do one for an upcoming October wedding.  What a fun way to get into the Halloween Spirit!

Want your own Day of the Dead themed portrait?

You can get one and read more about them here in my shop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Waxéla (wa-shay-la)

A Few of My Latest Cake Toppers

Here is some of what I've been up to:

Many more to come, that's all I have edited so far.  

Thanks for stopping by!!!

xoxo 

Waxela (wa-shay-la)

Sail Away with Me!

Pictures of my latest sailboat sock monkey cake topper!

SpiritMama's photostream

SpiritMama's photostream on Flickr.

I'm trying out the Flickr Blogger ap with some of my recent photos!

Remembering Bliss

I finished an art doll, woohoo!

It has been so long, and I've been working on this one since December!  I finally finished her today.  She is inspired by Gustav Klimt's painting Mother and Child.  I really just wanted to capture a posture and feeling that I get from Mother and Child.  

I named it Remembering Bliss because I hope that it will take the viewer into a blissful moment in life.

It could be an embrace from a mother, a lover,

Holding a child close to your heart, 

or a cherished moment, any moment of bliss or sacredness.

 

  This is Gustav Klimt's painting:

Thank you for stopping by!

Waxela (wa-shay-la)