This Katrina "Frida" is huge, about 3 feet tall, and Donald could not live without it.
Juan Torres
This is one I bought!
Jane, Carolina, me and Donald in the Torres Chapel!
Capula
Lake
Patzcuaro

Capula is small and LA CANDELARIA, the Studio, Chapel, Gallery of Juan Torres, world-renowned artist, is easy to find. As you enter the gate notice the sculptures around the compound. Tucked between them are clever light fixtures, which produce a magical effect at night time. The first building on this large property overlooking Capula contains Torres' ceramic workshop, studio, and display room. He is currently producing ceramic Katrina dolls and many kinds of animals. These high-fired ceramics are meticulously painted and each creation is a work of art. 
Torres was not at home the day we visited, but a delightful lady gave us a tour of his chapel.  It is a museum for his famous oil paintings.  The alcoves are the perfect placement for his paintings. Torres built this high vaulted chapel with rooftop windows to illuminate his art in natural light. Each work of art is presented in an exquisite setting.
LA CANDELARIA, the Studio of JUAN TORRES
This exceptional and highly prestigious painter and sculptor, born in Michoacan, has always been fascinated by Death.
Death is a constant in his work, it appears everywhere in the shape of symbolisms or skeletons and skulls. In 1982 Juan discovered the wonders of clay and starts creating "Catrinas".
What is a "Catrina"? (Conceited Lady)
In the 19th century, a famous engraver and newspaper illustrator named Jose Guadalupe Posada, as part of
a political satire, invented the " La Catrina",
a female dandy mocking the european-
influenced ruling class of Mexico during
the autocratic rule of Porfirio Diaz.
Throughout the years the catrina has
been reproduced by many artists, but
never with such talent as Juan Torres,
the catrina maker. His catrinas are
unique, never two to be the same.
Don Juan's work has been imitated by many, always without success.
EMILIANO ZAPATA SCULPTURE
Emiliano Zapata was born in the Mexican state of Morelos in 1879. This legendary hero grew up to become the most famous leader of the Mexican Revolution.
Raised in extreme poverty, Emiliano's family hut was surrounded by impressive "haciendas" (estates) owned by squandering masters. "Dueños de vidas y haciendas" (owners of lives and estates). In those times, the life of a cow was more valuable than the life of a peasant, the life of an "indigena".
Each lavish estate used to have its own "tienda de raya" (grocery store). The purpose was to retake the petty cash earned under extremely harsh conditions by the peasants. This was not only unfair, but bluntly cruel. The system was such, that rural people were indebted for life with the "hacienda" store.
Since money was never enough to cover even the most basic needs of the laborers, they were forced to borrow from the land owners in order to be able to continue buying staples at the "tienda". The result, a father could die of an illness, then the debt was directly passed on to his son, turning the lives of each subsequent generation into never-ending nightmares.
In 1909 a bitter and courageous Zapata began recruiting an insurgent army even before the beginning of the Revolution which officially started in 1910 to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Diaz.
Juan Torres in his studio, La Candalaria
Photo by Janet Jarman
Capula's Church
Woman's Crafts Market
This is the premier of
The Catrina Festival, The Calacas of Capula 2011
From Sunday,  October 23 to November 21,  view the exhibits of many Capula artists, inclucing, Antiguo Xenguaro, with his large exhibition of skeletons and  artist Juan Torres with his catrinas of  inspiration.

Catrina artist, Pedro Arroyo Villegas
Photo by Teresa Bressert http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert - http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert  http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert - http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert - http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert - http://theartofmexico.com
Photo by Teresa Bressert - http://theartofmexico.com