ON SALE Rocio Fabian: Splendid Platypus & Baby SculptureThis is a wonderful mother and baby platypus sculpture! Created by top Oaxacan woodcarving artist Rocio Fabian, this figure has all the elements of a masterpiece sculpture. It is a one piece woodcarving of these Australian creatures, both are perfectly carved with a beautiful sense of movement, playfulness, and character. Just look at their wonderful body language. Did you know platypi are biofluorescent meaning their fur glows a bluish green hue

the patterned rubber balls sold alongside balloons at every Mexican feria

The male Agama agama

while the legs explode into bright orange-yellow and deep

Each of them added an etching or painting to the pot

The palette is dazzling: turquoise

remain steady and watchful amid the body’s visual energy

as if it just heard something it wasn't supposed to

His wide-eyed grin and energetic running pose capture the excitement of the beach

The contrast between fire and water gives the sculpture an energy that feels alive

for the Castillo family workshop and never commercially distributed

and its ears are small and subtly green-tinged

Her iconic cloak