The Day of the Dead...
This yearly festival and traditional Mexican holiday is a time for families to gather together to remember those who have passed.
And it was also the theme for the very first challenge for the Etsy Best Kept Secrets team!
You can view all of the diverse creations for the challenge by my fellow team members on our blog post. Amazing work by everyone!
And here's my contribution,
a sugar skull immortilised in sterling silver...
Every component of the skull was sawn, stamped and textured by hand...
A sparkly 3mm faceted ruby rests on the skull's forehead...
It is a bold ring, not for the faint-hearted!
As soon as I'd created the ring,
I immediately knew what I was going to use as a prop for the photos...
...an authentic headhunter's trophy skull from Papua New Guinea!
It's a rather macabre piece...
...you can even see the fatal blow mark on the skull...
We have all kinds of weird and wonderful trinkets in this house! ;-)
Oh, and before I forget, the ring is available here!
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Do you celebrate Dia de los Muertos?
What have you been creating this week?
