
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

San Raphael
Patron Saint of Travelers
Acrylic on raw alderwood
Karen Rivera 2005
July 12, 2011 | Categories: Art, Bottlecap Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Raphael, Shrine, Spirituality | Tags: Bottlecap Art, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Previously Painted, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints, Saints and Martyrs, San Raphael, Santos, Taos, Tinwork | Leave a comment
Woman with Black Iron Patina and Cross
sebastian 2003
July 10, 2011 | Categories: Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe | Tags: Art, Black Iron, Christian Folk Art, Folk Art, Inspirational Art, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Walls | Leave a comment
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 9, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Outdoor Photography, Sebastian | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
Our Lady of Holy Chiles
sebastian 2003
July 6, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Cuisine, Folk Art, Free Clipart Crosses, Hand Painted, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Native American, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Shrine, Spirituality | Tags: Christian Folk Art, Cross, Folk Art, Jesus, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mural, New Mexico, Our Lady of Holy Chiles, painted walls, Village Churches, Walls | Leave a comment

In Santa Fe, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is honored within the parish’s santuario. Outside, a 12-foot bronze statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands near the entrance, its base often decorated with fresh roses. Parishioners accompanied the statue from Mexico City, where it was cast in bronze, to Santa Fe in 2008.
Church is converting a weedy slope in front of its parking lot into a shrine that tells the story of the iconic Our Lady of Guadalupe. The church also will create an Institute for Guadalupe Studies and a Marian Resource Center and Library in the old Guadalupe School and Convent across Agua Fría Street.
The area will be called “Santa Fe’s Hill of Tepeyac.”
“It’s a place where people can come and look for resources about Our Lady of Guadalupe,” Nguyen said.
The Santa Fe Hill of Tepeyac is “a wonderful way to pay honor to our Mother,” parishioner Diana Lujan said.
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July 6, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Christian Photography, Churches, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Holy Family, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mission Churches, Mother of God, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Bronze Statue, Christian, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Photography, Santa Fe, Santuario, Tepeyac | 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