Exceptional Coyote - Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving Mexican Folk Art

Exceptional Coyote - Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving Mexican Folk ArtMasterpiece coyote by the Sosa family. This beautiful and large piece was hand carved out of copal wood sourced in the fields surrounding the town of San Martin Tilcajete which is the hub for top wood carving families in Oaxaca. The technique that does into carving is passed down through generations which master the use of rustic tools such as machetes and chisels to achieve the works of art we know as alebrijes as well as "tonas" & "nahuales". The

Fantastic porcupine by the Sosa family in Oaxaca

This turquoise blue fox wood carving also known as "alebrije" was carved and painted in the small town of San Martin Tilcajete in Oaxaca Mexico by the Hernandez family which is one of the 7 original families who popularized the art of wood-carving

Everything from the carving to the painting and gold leaf is perfection and what we have come to expect from the Carreño family whos family members each specialize in separate parts of the artistic process

Length/Width/Depth: 20" x 22" x 14"

Huge gorilla alebirije wood carving handcrafted by Nestor Melchor & Leticia Fabian in Oaxaca

Beautiful owl alebrije handcrafted out of copal wood by the Sosa family workshop in Oaxaca Mexico

Expertly hand carved at their workshop in Oaxaca

This full sized red baseball bat was carved out of a single piece of copal wood and painted exquisitely by a master Oaxacan alebrije artist who instead of painting with traditional brush strokes decided to give detail to the art mostly by painting thousands of dots using the end of a brush

Miniature crab Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving

5" x 14" x 8

Large bead length: 1/2"

Length/Height/Width: 10" x 7" x 5"Material: Single piece of copal wood Signed by the artistOrigin: Oaxaca