Tis the Season for Giving Back
My current project has been on hold this last week as I was asked to participate in a local charity “event”. One of the store owners asked several local artists to make ornaments that can be sold to benefit Hospice. Of course I said I would be happy to participate, and in my classic form, realized only a week before they were due at the shop that I hadn’t even come up with a design. Panic is a great motivator:)
I did manage to finish all three and deliver them to the store on Sunday for the tree-trimming event:) Below are the three ornaments. The first two are “genus: imaginari.” To my knowledge, these flowers don’t exist in nature, but my imagination is full of them. These like my larger pieces of work are entirely made from recycled brand name clothing I find in the mercados of Mexico. The flowers are then glued into a dried cutting from the tip of maguey leaf. People who plant magueys near and around their homes and gardens typically cut the tips off the outer leaves so no one impales themselves upon them. The tips of the leaves are so pointed and strong they can easily put a pretty nasty hole in soft flesh and were once used as needles to sew together animal hides. Each of the flowers are about 7″ in height by 3.5″ wide. The last ornament is an abbreviated version of “Las Tunas” and is about 7″ in height by 8″ in width. It’s not as heavy as it looks. The interior wire-frame gives it more structure than stuffing.
If any of you are in San Miguel de Allende, you can purchase these at Mixta (located at Pila Seca 16A – near Zacateros). $500 pesos for each of the flowers and $600 pesos for Las Tunas. 80% of the price goes to support Hospice SMA (the other 20% to the store for arranging the event). Or if these aren’t your style, stop in and see what the other artists created… No matter where you are, please spread the cheer this year to your own charity of choice.
good going