Cristo Escamilla: Wire Frog Wire Art Oaxaca Figurine the signature plume that real

the signature plume that real Xolos sometimes carry between their ears

and Maya Blue colors Rocio chose

The result reads not as an exhibition catalog but as a sustained act of witness

It was created by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Oscar Carrillo and it is very colorful and beautifully painted

while the back is filled with paisley teardrops and pointillist dot work

Cristo Escamilla: Wire Frog Wire Art Oaxaca Figurine the signature plume that realCristo Escamilla's adorable frog has found its spot and has no plans to move. The ranita, frog, holds the classic resting posture of a tree frog, caught mid pause, alert, unhurried, completely at home on any surface it lands on. The pose is so right that it takes a moment to register that it's a wire figure! The body is built in green painted copper magnet wire, dense and tightly looped, with copper threading through the mesh and catching warmly at