
Cemetery Cross
Karen Rivera 2012
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Scattered on a barren, windswept hilltop, outside of town and hidden from the casinos that have taken over the entire town, handmade crosses mark the graves of the miners who died far away from home.
November 4, 2012 | Categories: Artists, Cemetery Crosses, Christian Photography, Colorado, Cripple Creek, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Vintage Crosses | Tags: christian photography, cripple creek cemetary, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved, inspirational photograhpy, Karen Rivera, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Copper Turquoise Beads with Vintage Silver Cross
by Jane Beeder
To say Jane Beeder travels the world is an understatement. From her years in spent in the Middle East buying antique strings of hand carved gemstones to her upcoming trip to Russia, Jane never misses a chance to search out the most exquisite and exotic beads for her original jewelry.
In her recent show last month at Hayden Hays Gallery at the Broadmoor Hotel, Jane’s jewelry held it’s own with all the other masterpieces displayed.
Crosses, whether they are antique Navajo sterling silver, gem studded artifacts from Morocco or hand crafted by local Colorado Springs artists, are combined with the rough-hewn gemstones, hand-forged crosses and elegant silver findings that are a hallmark of Jane’s work.
Many of her recent pieces combine Coptic (Ethiopian) Crosses with turquoise beads.
Ethiopian crosses are made from elaborate lattice or filigree work in a baroque style. The artists designing the African crosses take great delight in creating ornate decorative patterns. They embellish a simple cross with trefoils, flared arms, fanciful projections, complex openwork and intertwined patterns of lines that symbolize eternity.
Traditionally worn around the neck on a deep blue cotton cord, the crosses are given to children when they are baptized and they become one of the most prized of all personal possessions.
Named after the region they come from, the crosses that Jane uses in her work are hand-cast and made from nickel or brass alloys.
Jane Beeder combines a hand-carved Antique Lapis Lazuli and Sterling pendant with oversized Lapis Lazuli rondelles and hand made sterling silver beads
Jane’s studio at Cottonwood Center for the Arts is an out-of-the-ordinary voyage. Crammed floor-to-ceiling with Chinese antique cabinets full of exotic beads just waiting to be turned into collectible, wearable works of art, Jane can be found working surrounded by overflowing baskets of chunks of amber, strings frosted 1930’s lucite and tribal beaded headbands
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For more of Jane’s necklaces, check out photos of her work here on Fresh Ink.
Jane’s studio, #103, is at 427 E. Colorado in downtown Colorado Springs at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. For more info about Jane’s workshop, call (719) 520-1899. Her work can be purchased at Cottonwood on Tejon or The Boulder Street Gallery in Downtown Colorado Springs.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Antique Silver Crosses, Artists, Celtic Crosses, Christian, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cottonwood on Tejon, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Ethiopian Crosses, Galleries, Hand Carved Crosses, Inspirational Artwork, Iron Crosses, Jane Beeder, Ornate Crosses, Religious Art, The Boulder Street Gallery, Traditional Crosses, Vintage Cross Jewelry, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Christian, Coptic Crosses, Cross, Cross Jewelry, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Ethiopian Crosses, Hand Carved, Hayden Hayes, Inspirational Jewelry, Jane Beeder, Karen Rivera, The Broadmoor Hotel, Vintage Crosses | Leave a comment

Nambe Cemetery
Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
January 2011
I shoot a lot of cemetaries. For heart-rending, technicolor boisterous displays, you just can’t beat a New Mexican cemetary on Easter, Day of the Dead or Christmas. I’ve made it to my favorite, the Nambe Church cemetary in Nambe, every Boxing Day for most of the last 20 years. I follow that up with New Year’s Day in Acoma. It seems to make the perfect emotional double-header.
I found this small, weathered cross tucked away in a far corner surrounded by tumbleweeds and scruffy dead plants. The new flowers shows that this lonely hidden grave hadn’t been forgotten.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Shrine, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Adobe Church, Art, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Cemetery, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Karen Rivera, mission church, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Outdoor Photography by Karen Rivera, Photography, Road Trips, southwest, Southwest Crosses, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Small Easter Wall Church at Sanctuario
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine | Tags: Adobe Church, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Chapel, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Easter Cross, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, mission church, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Old Churches, Road Trips, Sanctuario, Shrine, Southwest Crosses | Leave a comment

Church Tower with Cross, Chimayo
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
November 18, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Church Tower, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Photography, Road Trip, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Church at Sanctuario, 1950’s
Chimayo, New Mexico
Scanned Vintage Postcard
Karen Rivera
This vintage postcard of Sanctuario left me stunned. I’ve shot hundreds of photographs of the church but I never saw it as a real small Northern New Mexican town chuch like those scattered all over the state until I found this postcard.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Art, Artists, Black Iron, Blue Doors, Chimayo, Churches, Georgia okeefe country, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Sanctuario, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, St. Francis de Assisi, Stonework, Village Churches, Vintage Photographs, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Punta de Agua
Highway 55, Southern New Mexico
Karen Rivera
The small villages along Highway 55 have always held a special place in my hard-scrabble New Mexican heart. Using the few resources available in the barren, harsh acres early settlers recycled the ever-present rocks into homes, walls, and churches.
In Punta de Agua, the rough-cut stone San Antonio Church stands as a monument to an earlier example of sustainable and green building.
If you’d like to walk through Punta de Agua at street level, click here to go to Google Maps, then click satellite.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santos, Southern New Mexico, Spirituality, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Architectural Detail, Blue Doors, Churches, Classic Churches, Classic Mountains, Classics, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Hand Carved, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manzano, Mission Churches, Mountainair, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Outdoor Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, San Antonio, Santos, Scenic View, Stone Churches, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

- Church at San Ysidro, New Mexico
Old Adobe Church
San Ysidro, New Mexico
Karen Rivera Spring 2010
The village of San Ysidro, originally a farming settlement, was named after Saint Isidore the Farmer in 1699. San Ysidro holds an annual Fiesta in his honor each year in mid-May.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Sandoval County, Spirituality | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Black Iron, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Folk Art, Georgia okeefe country, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saint Isidore, Saints and Martyrs, San Ysidro, Sandoval County, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, Stone Churches, Stonework, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment
Saint Blown Apart
Taos Shrine, New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
August 3, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Spirituality, Taos | Tags: Folk Art, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexican, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saint, Prayer, Religious Art, Road Trip, Sacred, Saints, Santos, Sculpture, Shrine, St. Blown Apart, Taos, Wood | Leave a comment

The Deacon’s Blues
High Road to Taos
New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Floral Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Irish Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Taos | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Irish Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexican, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saint, Prayer, Religious Art, Road Trip, Roadside Shrine, Sacred, Saints, Santos, Sculpture, Shrine, St. Lawrence, Taos, Wood | Leave a comment

Saint Ray of Richardsville
Roadside Shrine
Taos, New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Taos | Tags: Art, Artists, Cross of the Day, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Recycled, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Santos, Shrine, Signs, Stonework, Taos, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment