City Market - Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Page 7
These Alebrijes wood carvings were made
in Oaxaca. Alebrijes is a Mexican Spanish word which
means, basically, "a difficult tangled thing, shaped
in confusing or fantastic figures". Almost all of them
are made from copal wood which grows only in the mountains
of Southern Mexico. You can learn more about Alebrijes
on the pages about Mexican
Art. The subjects are nearly always animals.
In this photo you see a coyote, a dragon, an armadillo,
and several cats.
These ironwood sculptures are made by the
Seri tribe of the Sonora desert in Northern Mexico.
The Seri artists have a way of capturing both the appearance
and spirit of the animals they choose to portray in a very
simple, eye pleasing style. You can learn more about
ironwood sculpture and the Seri on the pages about Mexican
Art, also. |
