Beetles and Ladybugs

◇ Technique: Hand painted on copal wood carving with 23.5 carat gold leaf application.

◇ Dimensions: 53 x 19 x 46 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate of authenticity.

Since 2017 we have been personally directing the process of Zapotec figures whose original name is “tonas” or “nahuales”.

This special Oaxacan Alebrije piece made, signed and certified by the Mtros. Jacobo y María for the Marakame Art Gallery, is hand painted on wood carving of the copal tree (Bursera, spp), which grows around the communities of San Martín Tilcajete, a town in the Zapotec region of the State of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Cedar wood carving is also commonly used due to the characteristics of this wood.

In these places, for generations the inhabitants have developed the artisan work of pieces with this wood. The manufacture of each work can take up to 15 months (depending on its dimensions and details) from start to finish, using simple tools such as machetes, gouges and knives for finishing; being the drying of the wood the step that makes the whole process more patient and detailed. Later comes the implicit symbolic detail of the old Zapotec worldview that narrates about iconic animals representing their culture, raising the elements that sustain the life of this people.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 13 x 06 x 07 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 14 x 07 x 08 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with 9.25 k silver application.

◇ Dimensions: 14 x 06 x 08 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 11 x 04 x 07 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 12 x 04 x 08 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 11 x 04 x 07 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 11 x 04 x 06 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.

◇ Technique: Hand painted on cedar wood carving (Cedrela Odorata) with application of 9.25 k silver and 23.5 k gold leaf.

◇ Dimensions: 11 x 04 x 07 cm.

Unique piece. Includes certificate issued by its authors.

This Oaxacan Alebrije belongs to the Exhibition "Plague" in our Marakame art gallery. Appreciate the meticulous details of Zapotec iconography and the precise unique finishes on these pieces.