Cristo Escamilla: Curious Mouse Wire Art woodcarving Cristo captures this biological detail

Cristo captures this biological detail using only pliers

This volume is where that understanding begins

The lower portion is painted in warm metallic gold

Hand-carved from a single block of copal wood by artist Maricela Hernández

It is a little wire animal

Cristo Escamilla: Curious Mouse Wire Art woodcarving Cristo captures this biological detailCristo Escamilla's curious ratn has heard something. Both hind feet planted, front paws raised and curled, nose lifted, this is a mouse on full alert, caught in the classic rearing posture that rodents use to assess a threat. Whether to run or stay has not yet been decided. The raised forepaws are impressive, each tiny finger curved and distinct, with the slightly dramatic quality of an animal bracing for something. It is a little wire animal, so well