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Cristo Escamilla: Wire Hummingbird Wire Art Mata Ortiz Pottery It is a single coiledCristo 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