Armando Jimenez: Alebrije Rooster Woodcarving Mexican Olla had produced some of the

had produced some of the most sophisticated pottery ever made in northern Mexico

packed together so tightly that the piece glows

The form is a wide

adds a quiet

Armando Jimenez: Alebrije Rooster Woodcarving Mexican Olla had produced some of theArmando Jimenez carves his alebrijes in the tradition of his grandfather, Don Manuel Jimnez Ramrez, founder of the Oaxacan alebrije movement, and this rooster sits squarely within that classic style. The rooster is caught off balance on purpose, weight forward, comb thrown back, tail sweeping high into a curve that pulls the whole composition upward and to one side. Across cultures the rooster has long stood for the turn from dark to light, the animal