Wood Carving Oaxaca
Posted on Monday, August 15th, 2011 at 11:44 am
Wood Carving Alebrijes Trailer
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Black Bear Oaxacan Wood Carving 8.5 Inch $129.00 Oaxacan alebrijes wood carvings are hand carved and painted in small villages in the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. They are creative and wonderfully painted figures in bright fun colors. Each carving is an original piece of art. This fabulous piece measures approximately 8.5 inches long and 4.5 inch tall. Signed by the artist Ariel Playas. Handcrafted in Mexico…. |
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Giraffaram ~ Oaxacan Wood Carving 7.25 Inch $59.95 Giraffaram ~ Oaxacan wood carvings are hand carved and painted by Indians in small villages in the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. They are creative and wonderfully painted figures in bright fun colors. Each carving is an original piece of art. This piece measures approximately 5 5/8 inches long and 2.5 inches wide by 7.25 inches tall. Signed by the artist. Handcrafted in Mexico…. |
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Giraffe ~ Oaxacan Wood Carving $89.95 Giraffe ~ Oaxacan wood carvings are hand carved and painted by Indians in small villages in the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. They are creative and wonderfully painted figures in bright fun colors. Each carving is an original piece of art. This piece measures approximately 16 inches long and 4.25 inches wide by 14.5 inches tall. Signed by the artist. Handcrafted in Mexico…. |
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Dream Carver $9.61 Mateo and his father carve juguetes, small wooden animals his family sells at the fiestas in Oaxaca. But Mateo wants to carve much larger animals-goats as pink as bougainvillea with cactus-green speckles, and purple cats with corn-yellow spots. When he tells his father how he longs to bring these large animals to life, his father only scowls, but Mateo perseveres. Including an informative afterwor… |
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Oaxacan Woodcarving: The Magic in the Trees $11.25 Increasingly prized by collectors worldwide, Oaxacan woodcarvings are among the most popular form of folk art available today. These fanciful, brightly colored figures created by rural Mexican woodcarvers reflect the myths and traditions still very much a part of the carvers’ daily lives. A spectacular gallery of over 160 full-color photographs beautifully portrays these artisans and their work, w… |
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Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings (Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) $14.39 Since the mid-1980s, whimsical, brightly colored wood carvings from the Mexican state of Oaxaca have found their way into gift shops and private homes across the United States and Europe, as Western consumers seek to connect with the authenticity and tradition represented by indigenous folk arts. Ironically, however, the Oaxacan wood carvings are not a traditional folk art. Invented in the mid-tw… |