Burn Your Worries Zozobra - artists collection
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Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom") is a giant marionette effigy that is built and burned every autumn during Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, usually during the second week of September. As his name suggests, he embodies gloom; by burning him, people destroy the worries and troubles of the previous year in the flames. Anyone with gloom that they need to get rid of can come by the offices of the Santa Fe Reporter in the weeks leading up to the burn to drop off slips of paper with personal gloom written on them. Many people put legal papers in the gloom box as well. At the festival the papers from the gloom box are placed at Zozobra's feet to be burned alongside him. For the history and more about the work of Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe check out this link. https://burnzozobra.com
Up cycled thrift store items: lampshade cover, mug tree, doll parts and sheer curtain. Hand sculpted face, handmade clothing with various "worries" inserted to bottom of skirt. Hand embroidery flames over the worries.
Height: 30" high to head, 33" if you include the wild hair
Up cycled thrift store items: lampshade cover, mug tree, doll parts and sheer curtain. Hand sculpted face, handmade clothing with various "worries" inserted to bottom of skirt. Hand embroidery flames over the worries.
Height: 30" high to head, 33" if you include the wild hair
Skirt is about 16" wide and the waist about 6"wide