Cesar Melchor: Golden Axolotl Woodcarving ceramcs From above

From above

both arms cradling the snail as carefully as something fragile and newly found

Huichol Art

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while the surrounding blossoms open like bursts of light

Cesar Melchor: Golden Axolotl Woodcarving ceramcs From aboveThis spectacular axolotl Alebrije by Csar Melchor looks like it just swam out of a dream. Its long, sleek body is covered in radiant geometric patterns that shift from deep water blues and greens at the head to warm oranges, yellows, and pinks along the back and tail. The flower of life design on its body gives the piece a sense of movement and light, as if the axolotl were glowing from within. An axolotl is a Mexican salamander that spends its whole