Hand Painted Dolphin Alebrije - Ocean Dolphin Kites perching the owls on a

perching the owls on a single piece of naturally sourced benalu wood

Working with recycled auto parts and scrap metal

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Hand Painted Dolphin Alebrije - Ocean Dolphin Kites perching the owls on aThis excellent small dolphin sculpture is the original creation of Oaxacan artisans Jesus and Roxana Hernandez. They work in the folk art style of alebrijes to carve the figurine from copal wood and paint it meticulously by hand. The folk art tradition of alebrijes dates back to the 1930's in Mexico City. A man named Pedro Linares was taken ill, and in his fevered dreams he saw a strange land populated with curious creatures a donkey with wings, a