Cristo Escamilla: Mischievous Mouse Wire Art Mexican silver The colors are so bright

The colors are so bright they immediately catch your eye

front paws raised and curled

This beautiful owl carving by Oaxaca artist Bertha Cruz is a feast for the eyes

a small altar that carries the whole weight of a great Mexican feast for the dead

Rendered entirely in papier-mâché down to the smallest tamal

Cristo Escamilla: Mischievous Mouse Wire Art Mexican silver The colors are so brightThis is a house mouse mid scuttle, caught in the exact posture that has been making humans jump on chairs for thousands of years. The pose is completely convincing. The whiskers, just a few bare wire strands springing forward from the snout, seal the deal. The body is Cristo at his most tactile: dense, looped copper mesh, individual coils tumbling over one another like rumpled fur, warm brown and golden where the light catches beneath. The ears are