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small santa muerte figurine, did the original sculpt in wax, made a silicone mold, and injected acrylic resin to create these custom talismans. no scythes at this time but we just put a cocktail umbrella in her hand

santa muerte is a saint disavowed by the catholic church, honored by the forgotten and those who live close to death, such as mercenaries, narcotraficos, prostitutes, orphans, so they may be led safely to their inevitable fate. likely syncretized from the death cults of the native people that preceded Spanish imperialism

I adopted this symbol specifically because of this rejection, as I did my beloved motifs of the rat and cockroach. also, as conscious entities in this universe, we are the assigners of meaning, the meaning circuit is incomplete without our assignment. symbols have no inherent power, to allow them to wield power over you is a strange thing

plus helps separate the wheat from the chaff as far as unexamined knee jerk reactionary superstition, similarly to the secular humanists that call themselves satanists just to scare off people more afraid of symbols than willing to be curious.

put a note during checkout which color you want and then I’ll delete the photo