This was a labor of love. This piece was made as a tribute to my father. It is a Dia de los Muertos celebration inspired piece, an ofrenda. My father was a carpenter by trade and a catholic, which is why it resembles a church and why this piece is sided with wood. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean by my brother, my sister, and myself. It was nice to make something real to celebrate him. The piece started with a triptych which I constructed from three lotion bottles. It was then clad with chopsticks, the facade done with popsicle sticks, both painted with acrylic paint, along with the insides of the piece. There are “stained glass windows” made from chipboard and a ribbon spool was cut in half to create the tables. The tablecloths were made from an old pair of black and white pants colored in with Sharpie markers. The items on the tables were collected over years with the exception of the floral box, the candles, and the vase, which I made for this ofrenda. In the center, the last thing I made was the funeral wreath and I embroidered my fathers initials, JMB, on a ribbon scroll. The final touch was placing bottle lights above each vignette.