Cristo Escamilla: Wire Frog Wire Art Oaxaca Figurine while the back is filled

while the back is filled with paisley teardrops and pointillist dot work

At her feet is a small angel holding her aloft

woodgrain-like lines that ripple across the body

Because of this

The balloon it holds high is a symbolic centerpiece of Oaxacan festivals

Cristo Escamilla: Wire Frog Wire Art Oaxaca Figurine while the back is filledCristo Escamilla's adorable frog has found its spot and has no plans to move. The ranita, frog, holds the classic resting posture of a tree frog, caught mid pause, alert, unhurried, completely at home on any surface it lands on. The pose is so right that it takes a moment to register that it's a wire figure! The body is built in green painted copper magnet wire, dense and tightly looped, with copper threading through the mesh and catching warmly at