Cristo Escamilla: Mischievous Mouse Wire Art Mexican silver Magnificent giraffe wood sculpture by

Magnificent giraffe wood sculpture by top Oaxaca alebrije artist Isabel Fabian

Jose Calvo

Soledad understood this completely when she conceived this piece

and the warmth of the sun

a small altar that carries the whole weight of a great Mexican feast for the dead

Cristo Escamilla: Mischievous Mouse Wire Art Mexican silver Magnificent giraffe wood sculpture byThis is a house mouse mid scuttle, caught in the exact posture that has been making humans jump on chairs for thousands of years. The pose is completely convincing. The whiskers, just a few bare wire strands springing forward from the snout, seal the deal. The body is Cristo at his most tactile: dense, looped copper mesh, individual coils tumbling over one another like rumpled fur, warm brown and golden where the light catches beneath. The ears are