Colorful Hummingbird Multi Color Hummingbird Alebrije Sculpture Crafted by Hand _artisan--novica-artisan-8332 Zandra Lorena Sajbin carves green

Zandra Lorena Sajbin carves green jade into a voluptuous heart for the design of this necklace

Javier and Efren present a set of four wine goblets

a thermometer

Nantana Sompamitre presents an extraordinary example of Thai lacquer art

Colorful Hummingbird Multi Color Hummingbird Alebrije Sculpture Crafted by Hand _artisan--novica-artisan-8332 Zandra Lorena Sajbin carves greenHovering on whirring wings, a whimsical hummingbird seeks out the sweet nectar of flowers. Zeny and Reyna transform found pieces of copal wood into a delightful alebrije painted orange, red, yellow, green, white and black. These fanciful sculptures are a traditional folk art in Oaxaca, once based on twenty totems but today representing all kinds of animals. They take their name from a Cal gypsy word for 'something difficult, tangled, confusing or