Our Lady of Guadalupe, copyright 2007 Sharon Sawyer
Our Lady of Guadalupe came about when I asked my Spanish class at St. Michael School in Lowell to work on a project on this theme. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the favorite image in Mexico. She brought hope to the native people who were oppressed by their Spanish conquerors. She is dressed like an Aztec princess and Aztec people of the time recognized her this way. Her feast day is December 12. On her feast day in 2007, I was in Mazatlan, Mexico during the celebration. People dressed their children up in traditional clothing and took them to the cathedral where they left flowers in the church and took photographs of their children in front of backdrops of Our Lady of Guadalupe as she appeared in the desert. I followed the traditional description of how she appeared in my art quilt. She is dressed in red and deep green with gold stars and trim, standing on a half moon with the sun shining behind her. I added polymer clay roses to a gilded frame and LED lights all around her figure. The background is hand-dyed silk damask and gold lame. Her face, hands and feet are sculpted from Model Magic clay.
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