Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Authentic Talavera Candleholder Neri & Soledad create some

Neri & Soledad create some of the most beautifully painted woodcarvings in Oaxaca just take a look at the perfect painting of this figure

the only interruption in an otherwise unbroken field of sgraffito detail

Chevo's brother Macario discovered that graphite left on a pot's surface before firing retained its silvery sheen afterward

and angels are among his most personal and accomplished works

and a painting style entirely his own

Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Authentic Talavera Candleholder Neri & Soledad create someLovely 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