The Frida Kahlo Door

Last week I showed you half of this door, and told you part of the story. But a lot of you asked questions, so I thought I give you a full view and little more behind the Frida Kahlo door.

Kashmira and I saw the door and knew we had to check inside this store. It was full of Southwestern- inspired furniture with re-claimed wood. And a flare that was both North and South of the border. Plenty of items from Mexico including some great Day of the Dead items.

I asked the girl who was running the store, about the front door and she said that her mom was the artist. That she had refinished many of the items in the store. She explained that the door is still in progress, and if you look closely you can see the unfinished edges of paint spilling onto the pictures of Frida. Apparently her mom had printed out a pile of Frida Kahlo art and pieced together a collage and then layered decoupage on top of the pictures.

I have been exploring Frida's art lately. I find it so bold and colorful. Frida was often asked why she painted so many self portraits and her answer was "because it is the subject that I know best." I love her style, and her confidence. And for the era that she lived (born in 1907) she set a new standard for feminism; she was ahead of her time.

I would have loved to design some jewelry for Frida. While her style doesn't seem that daring by today's standard ... I don't know a lot of women 80-90 years ago who were wearing some of the outfits in her portraits. I have a few Frida-inspired earrings that I'm working on at the moment, which I will reveal next week for the Celebrate Oz :: Frida Kahlo aLteREd hop. Check out the picture of Dorothy with Frida eyebrows. How awesome is that?