Madame Calavera | A Fusion Of Steampunk & Día de los Muertos | Super Luxe Rice Decoupage Paper

A super luxe smooth rice paper of museum quality designed for fine art printing, giving a nostalgic, elegant style.  Environmentally friendly rice decoupage paper that is made of  recycled ‘fibers’, holding the FSC mark of approval for responsible forestry.

In “Madame Calavera,” opulence meets afterlife in a striking fusion of steampunk elegance and Día de los Muertos symbolism. This richly detailed portrait centres on a lavishly adorned top hat—velvet red and copper-toned—crowned with delicate clockwork, golden feathers, and a softly ticking timepiece. But it’s the essence beneath the glamour that draws the eye: subtle flourishes of sugar skull makeup suggest a character poised between two worlds.

Every element evokes duality—life and decay, metal and feather, structure and soul. The warm palette of crimson, bronze, and shadowed gold conjures the faded grandeur of a steampunk parlour, while fine embellishments hint at something ceremonial, even sacred.

Madame Calavera is more than a hat or a face—it’s a persona. She is the whispered memory of lost time, a muse born of brass gears and rose petals. Both festive and haunting, she stands as a reminder that beauty can be found in every cycle: the mechanical, the mortal, and the marvellously ornate.