Cristo Escamilla: Wire Bat Wire Art folk art collectibles and breathtaking paint precision

and breathtaking paint precision

This wonderful Our Lady of Guadalupe olla was created by Mata Ortiz Master Potters Javier and his wife  Gaby Martinez

Each silver milagro—hearts

Another beloved figure of Mexican street life takes shape in this papier-mâché sculpture by Antonio Alonso: the globero

Cristo Escamilla: Wire Bat Wire Art folk art collectibles and breathtaking paint precisionArtist Cristo Escamilla's murcilago is in mid flight and completely weightless. Wings fully outstretched, body tucked in, it possesses the suspended quality of something caught between one moment and the next. The wings showcase Cristo's unexpected approach. Instead of the dense, looped mesh used for bodies, the wing membrane consists of fine parallel wire strands stretched between black wire finger bones. These strands are so thin and evenly spaced