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I just celebrated the Day of the Dead in my Mortuary Science Department by making sugar skulls and punched paper flags. Living in San Antonio, the expression of Hispanic culture is pervasive and I often find some similarities with my own Italian heritage. Anyway, I was searching for dark items on Etsy and came across this fantastic dollhouse by 'artistmuerta' whose store can be found at [link] . The "Dia De Los Muertos Dollhouse" is to die for!!! Multiple rooms richly decorated with marigolds, skulls, and so many tidbits I'm drooling.

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It's a mixed media piece in assemblage style with most of the furniture in what looks to be 1:12 scale but some decorations like the wallpaper a bit larger. It gives a bit of vertigo and the sense of the otherworldly. I'm totally fascinated!

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The artist describes her work thusly:

"A project that was a complete joy to create - a Dia De Los Muertos Dollhouse. I started with a raw wood dollhouse frame, added handmade wallpaper in red and gold, decorative wood elements of scrolls, flowers and molding painted in black and gold. The roof was finished with hand-aged copper foil, sealed to protect the patina.

The largest room features a gold, flowered and jeweled Dia De Los Muertos altar with Lady of Guadalupe statues, flowers, santos candles, brass candlesticks, cross, hand-painted sugar skulls and a crown. The walls are decorated with a family portrait, other portraits, pictures and paintings, brass milagros,stars, a jeweled cross, ornate mirror, and candles. The familia sits vigil over a jeweled coffin, with a velvet couch and table with candelabra.
The familia was created out of wire armatures, polyclay and various bits and bobs of fabric, ribbon and jewels."

Further images are available on her flickr profile:
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