Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper Created by top Oaxacan woodcarving

Created by top Oaxacan woodcarving artist Rocio Fabian

and a single deep cobalt at the back

and ceremonial figures rendered in the bold

Dimensions: 8''Tall 8''Long 4

carrying such deep meaning

Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper Created by top Oaxacan woodcarvingCristo Escamilla's leafcutter ants are going somewhere, and they are not stopping for anything. All five hormigas are mid march, each one hoisting a fabric leaf overhead that dwarfs its entire body exactly as the real Atta leafcutter does, carrying fragments up to twenty times its own weight back to the colony without a moment's hesitation. The procession has that unstoppable, slightly absurd energy of actual leafcutters: heads down, legs moving,