This handmade creation is offered in partnership with NOVICA, in association with National Geographic. Personifying death, Catrina is a coquettish character that symbolizes Mexican customs and beliefs. She is portrayed eating a watermelon and drinking tequila in a decoupage composition by Ana Maria Gonzalez. She uses it to adorn a pinewood box featuring iron fixtures.

Product Features:

• Weight: 1.0 lbs
• Dimensions: 4.7" H x 8.75" W x 5" D
• Colors: Red, Multicolor
• Materials: Decoupage on pinewood, Iron fixtures
• Accent type: Wood box
• Size may vary slightly
• Motif(s) may vary slightly
• Made in Mexico

Story Behind the Art:

My designs reveal a tiny bit of Mexico that I carry in my heart. Hi. I'm Ana Maria González, and for as long as I can remember I've been in contact with arts and crafts. My whole family produced them in one way or another and whenever we'd visit our relatives, my cousins and I would end up making something for fun. After I married, my husband and I created various kinds of handicrafts, but the need to make something different led me to launch my own line of designs. I began making decorative boxes, painted by hand with different finishes. Today I create boxes with antique motifs.

First we craft the box of pinewood. We sand it and then decorate it. Currently, I am working in decoupage, adding an antique finish with a special formula I mix myself. My designs reveal a tiny bit of Mexico that I carry in my heart.

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