Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft Its compact little body is

Its compact little body is carved with such precision that every curve feels soft and alive

and completely handmade in La Unión

making the sculpture not just decorative but spiritually meaningful

as if dusted with stars

Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Mexican Craft Its compact little body isLovely little hen by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Nicolas Morales. The gallinita is perfectly painted. Nicolas Morales carves her round as a loaf and paints her to the last feather, dividing the body into a dozen small areas, each finished in its own pattern. The back glows in an orange labyrinth of curling lines; the wings carry stacked bands of zigzag and Greek key in clean ochre and red, the belly opens into a green flower lattice, and the tail rises