Sugar skulls, also known as Calaveras, are decorative representations of human skulls that are typically associated with Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. There’s a lot of talk of ...

Sugar skulls hail from Mexico and are traditionally ... The roses in this portrait act as eyes and a little bowtie. This traditional skull tattoo is perfect for anyone who wants to keep the ...

the sugar skull is not meant to be scary like a Halloween skeleton; rather, it represents a beautiful celebration of the loved ones we've lost. In a tattoo, the deeper meaning combined with the ...

There are many traditions observed on the Day of the Dead, and the skull is known as a very important emblem of the holiday. Part of that is the calavera, or the sugar skull, which has various ...

Jennifer Murphy. Gem Skull, 2010. (Clint Roenisch Gallery) In 2005, Montreal's Marina Malvada gave the traditional sugar skull a luxury upgrade. Using a cast of a real human cranium, the artist ...

Bates City residents Rachel Reese and Amanda Offill trace sugar skull designs onto their sheets of tin during a workshop at the Lee’s Summit Library. Beth Lipoff Special to the Journal ...