Cristo Escamilla: Wire Hummingbird Wire Art Angel

Cristo Escamilla: Wire Hummingbird Wire Art AngelCristo 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

The photography throughout is stunning

The jaguar crouches low

building a working altar in miniature that could stand on any home shrine

This olla has two beautiful sgraffito images of Our Lady of Guadalupe as well as a lacelike design that adorns the sides and bottom of the vase

and the forces of night

and its philosophy of silversmithing as a design language

dynamic from every angle

ancient miracle icons

A single flowing band of gold curves around the eyes and down the nose

and tiny sneakers

I love this little owl's expression

Nicolas Morales carves her round as a loaf and paints her to the last feather