Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft This is one of those

This is one of those perfect books for collectors of Mexican Folk Art

it represents identity

carved from one uninterrupted piece of wood

a jaguar mask is more than just decoration

as if dusted with stars

Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft This is one of thoseLovely 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