Cristo Escamilla: Wire Hummingbird Wire Art Oaxacan Paper Figurine story-like quality that makes every

story-like quality that makes every piece feel pulled from somewhere magical

A magnificent piece of Mexican Folk art by Rocío Fabián features a cat sitting tall and self-assured

the bat represents communication with the unseen and the power to navigate in both literal and spiritual darkness

The face of this angular-necked giraffe is spectacular

and wire in one piece

Cristo Escamilla: Wire Hummingbird Wire Art Oaxacan Paper Figurine story-like quality that makes everyCristo Escamilla's colibr is caught at the exact moment of hover, wings flung wide, body angled, beak curved and reaching. It is all motion, which is exactly right for an animal whose wings beat up to eighty times per second. This is no ordinary hummingbird. The two small green wire ovals hanging from the body are the giveaway; they are the signature tail rackets of the Ocreatus underwoodii, the booted racket tail, a cloud forest hummingbird of the