Lithe Tree Frog Wood Alebrije Tree Frog Sculpture from Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-8332 Handmade in & fairly traded

Handmade in & fairly traded from Indonesia

Decoupage on pinewood

The pose in which Buddha sits is traditionally known as akaash mudra

A simple sterling band is accented on each end with a pair of crystal embedded butterflies

The imaginative mind of Armando Ramírez transforms scrap metal into a sleek

Lithe Tree Frog Wood Alebrije Tree Frog Sculpture from Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-8332 Handmade in & fairly tradedWorking in the folk art style of alebrije sculptures, Mexican duo Pablo and Lucy Mendez create this striking addition to your home decor. Carved of copal wood and painted by hand with dot motifs in fiery tones of red, yellow, and orange, a lithe tree frog splays its limbs. Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid.