Cristo Escamilla: Curious Mouse Wire Art woodcarving This volume is where that

This volume is where that understanding begins

small metal charms in the shapes of stars

one luminous and one absorbed — gives the decoration its quiet power

Several Saint Benedict medals hang from the garment

Cristo Escamilla: Curious Mouse Wire Art woodcarving This volume is where thatCristo Escamilla's curious ratn has heard something. Both hind feet planted, front paws raised and curled, nose lifted, this is a mouse on full alert, caught in the classic rearing posture that rodents use to assess a threat. Whether to run or stay has not yet been decided. The raised forepaws are impressive, each tiny finger curved and distinct, with the slightly dramatic quality of an animal bracing for something. It is a little wire animal, so well