Barro Negro (Mexican Black Clay): Perched Owl hummingbirdMexican barro negro sculpture from the Doa Rosa family workshop ."Barro negro" translates from Spanish to "black clay". This clay is found in only one place in the world San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca. Here, the clay is excavated from the ground, molded, and pit fired. Its glossy finish is achieved by polishing the clay with quartz stone before firing. This technique was invented and perfected by Doa Rosa, a ceramics artisan, in the 1950's at her
Masterpiece one-piece raccoon alebrije wood carving
Carved out of a single piece of copal wood with expert precision
Handcrafted out of a single piece of copal wood by Pablo and painted with hundreds of raised dots by Nelly Ramirez
Bighorn sheep alebrije wood carving handcrafted by the Ramirez family in Arrazola
Beautiful armadillo with passenger owl
Masterpiece goat alebrije wood carving handcrafted out of copal wood by the Ramirez family workshop in Oaxaca
Fantastic skeleton band set by master Oaxacan artist Eleazar Morales
Every single inch of this masterpiece piece is covered in extremely fine detail
Height/Length/Width: 7" x 5
Expertly carved out of copal wood and painted with fine detail
Length/Height/Width: 6" x 3
A wonderful collectors piece
