surrealism

A skeleton boy goes fishing

air dry clay, art doll, artist doll, assemblage, bones, children's attire, Day of the Dead, figurative sculpture, fish, fishing, hand sewn clothes, handmade doll, interactive art, Margarita Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican skeleton, skeleton, skeleton doll, surrealism, whimsical, wire skeleton / By

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 charming town of Stonington Connecticut. Desde mi llegada a los Estados Unidos he encontrado mucha …

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OWLS AS PROTECTORS

assemblage, bindrunes, figurative sculpture, guardians, Hand modeled, handmade, Margarita Hernandez-Maxson, mask, Mexican artist, mixed media, owl, owls, plaster, Plaster of Paris, runes, sculpture, surrealism, texture, whimsical / By

     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, the NEW ONE is www.josephinemaxsonfineart.blogspot.com       New name, same content.      Decidi cambiar el …

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THE MOTHER

air dry clay, animal dolls, art doll, assemblage, cats, children's drawing, doll house, doll making, doll sculpting, interactive art, ladder, miniature dolls, mixed media, mother, paperclay, sculpted face, siblings, surrealism / By

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 drawings. Pense en escribir este articulo para el dia de las Madres, pero sonaba tan …

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“Self portrait with hand earrings”

button jointed doll, cloth doll, earrings, Frida Kalho, handmade doll, hands, Mexican women artists, Mexico, Oaxaca, self portrait, shawl, surrealism, thorn necklace, whimsical jewelry, wool hair / By

Autorretrato con aretes de manos, Frida Kalho,  1940 There she was, looking at us proud of herself and her accomplishments as artist, but still hurt because her personal life was not what she wanted. Frida paints both her success and pain in a single image. Ahi esta Frida, orgullosa de si misma y de su …

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Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird

artist doll, button jointed doll, cloth body, cloth doll, Fine Arts Painting, Frida Kalho, hand made clothes, hand painted face, Margarita J. Hernandez-Maxson, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, muslin dolls, needle felted hair, Oaxaca, paperclay accesories, surrealism, Tehuantepec, wool hair / By

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird/Autorretrato con collar  de espinas y colibri muertoFrida Kalho, 1940 This painting is very impressing, it talks about Frida facing divorce, loneliness, and physical pain; later she remarried Diego Rivera in December 1940. Also is one of very few where she paints herself in frontal position, most of …

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Frida Kalho, the second chapter

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Mexican artist, Mexican women artists, Mexico, minuature doll, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, Tehuantepec / By

I went back to make Frida dolls, but this time they shrunk! Frida is now 3 inches tall, join me in the making of mini Frida, as well as I share the previews of other mini dolls such as Alice in Wonderland, and Coraline doll. Making different dolls at the same time was lots of …

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Las dos Fridas

art doll, artist doll, braided hair, cloth doll, Frida Kalho, handmade, Las dos Fridas, Mexican artist, Mexican painting, Mexican women artists, Mexico, needle felted hair, needle sculpting, Oaxaca, soft sculpture, surrealism, tehuana, Tehuantepec, The two Fridas / By

They are my more recent dolls, based on the original painting by Frida Kalho “The two Fridas”. Join me in the journey… Ellas son mis munecas mas recientes, basadas en la pintura original de Frida Kalho “Las dos Fridas”. Acompanenme en la jornada que me llevo a realizarlas… This painting was the root of my …

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