{"product_id":"dahlia-excruz","title":"DAHLIA EXCRUZ","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCalavera Series — No. 0\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDahlia Excruz\u003c\/strong\u003e is the beginning of the \u003cstrong\u003eCalavera Series\u003c\/strong\u003e — No. 0, and the piece that established the visual language that would become the foundation for everything that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe largest and most elaborate work in the series, Dahlia Excruz is built around a \u003cstrong\u003ethick silicone base mask\u003c\/strong\u003e with an extensively hand-finished surface. Multiple tattoos are applied directly to the silicone, accompanied by detailed flesh-toned paintwork sealed beneath a powder finish. The surface was intentionally developed to feel less like a painted sculpture and more like something organic — something human — that has been preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is mounted to a substantial \u003cstrong\u003ehandcrafted leather harness with an adjustable backplate\u003c\/strong\u003e, finished with steel snaps and holster screws. Heavy leather, exposed hardware, silicone, and metal come together to give the piece an industrial yet ceremonial character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of \u003cstrong\u003emetal horns\u003c\/strong\u003e extends from the silhouette, while the removable outer shell incorporates an \u003cstrong\u003eadjustable jaw\u003c\/strong\u003e, allowing the structure of the face to shift and move with the wearer. \u003cstrong\u003eHuman hair is integrated directly into the outer shell\u003c\/strong\u003e, further blurring the boundary between sculpture and the human form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Dahlia Excruz is a strong \u003cstrong\u003ebiblical and crucifixion-inspired visual language\u003c\/strong\u003e. The piece draws from imagery of martyrdom, suffering, sacrifice, death, and religious iconography, reinterpreting those themes through the language of contemporary wearable sculpture. Flesh, hair, metal, leather, and ceremonial elements are deliberately brought together to create something that feels simultaneously sacred and grotesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003esteel and leather crown and veil\u003c\/strong\u003e are central to this interpretation. Their silhouette evokes religious ceremony and the visual language surrounding the Passion of Christ, while their weight, construction, and materials introduce something harsher and more corporeal. The crown carries an intentional tension between \u003cstrong\u003ereverence and violence\u003c\/strong\u003e — an object that can suggest both sanctity and suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crown and veil were handcrafted as substantial pieces in their own right, completing the full silhouette of Dahlia Excruz while also functioning as a \u003cstrong\u003estandalone display piece\u003c\/strong\u003e when removed from the mask. They can be exhibited with the complete work or presented independently as a sculptural object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biblical influence is not intended as a literal reproduction of religious imagery, but as a foundation for the character and atmosphere of the work. \u003cstrong\u003eDahlia Excruz explores the space between the sacred and the profane, beauty and decay, devotion and suffering, life and death.\u003c\/strong\u003e The human elements are preserved rather than perfected; the ceremonial elements are made heavy and physical; and the face becomes something caught between a living body and a relic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collision of ideas is what ultimately became the visual language of the \u003cstrong\u003eCalavera Series\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003esilicone and leather, tattooing and sculpture, flesh and metal, beauty and decay, the sacred and the grotesque.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo. 0 is intentional.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dahlia Excruz predates the numbered works that followed and serves as the origin point of the series — the piece from which its construction, aesthetic, and philosophy would develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most substantial and collectible work in the Calavera Series, \u003cstrong\u003eDahlia Excruz is not simply a mask.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a complete wearable sculpture built around a central character, with every layer conceived to function independently while contributing to the finished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach piece is individually handcrafted, with variations and subtle imperfections that make every work unique.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrown and veil included. 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