 Typically, retablos have doors that can be opened and closed - usually attached to the box by small pieces of leather. I rolled out and cut two small slabs for the doors to this retablo. Each is 12 1/2" x 5" x 3/8" thick. 
|  Traditionally, the doors are painted in bright colors with flower and leaf forms. For the outside surface of the doors I repeated the flowers on the top of the box but chose a different flower for the inside. I drew the images on the slabs and carved out the clay around the design, leaving a small edge around the door (this border will be red when the retablo is done). When they're painted and finished, the doors will be three dimensional versions of the traditional painted doors. Keeping the carving in very low relief will help them feel more like the classic retablo doors. This process took about six days to get nice clean reliefs on both sides of the doors. Click on the pictures if you want to see a larger version. |
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