Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft buy and sell are joined

buy and sell are joined with the hands that paint their dreams onto clay pots

it represents identity

The mother's protective arch and her shifting expression reflect Luis Pablo's skill in conveying emotion

The body's sweeping bands of color

Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft buy and sell are joinedLovely little hen by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Nicolas Morales. The gallinita is perfectly painted. Nicolas Morales carves her round as a loaf and paints her to the last feather, dividing the body into a dozen small areas, each finished in its own pattern. The back glows in an orange labyrinth of curling lines; the wings carry stacked bands of zigzag and Greek key in clean ochre and red, the belly opens into a green flower lattice, and the tail rises