Size: 20.5" x 19.75"

Media: cotton fabric/thread, metallic thread, beads, buttons, lace

Price: $375 US

Kim LaPolla © 2004

Statement: This piece was made for a Day of the Dead challenge.

I've spent my life mostly trying to hide my feelings for one reason or another. I have lost family members and lost friends that were like family members but somehow kept my feelings in check. But then a couple of years ago I was home alone for the weekend and my daughter's pet rabbit, Sugar, died. It was probably the fact that for once I was alone and didn't have to be "strong," but all my grief both past and present poured out of me over Sugar. I buried her wrapped carefully in fresh muslin, tied with a pink satin ribbon and then sprinkled with pink rose petals. Lastly I planted a rose bush over Sugar.

This piece illustrates a happy Sugar dancing among the carrots in Paradise.