huichols art

This is a slightly more modern take on traditional Wixárika (Huichol) jaguar heads. Instead of base made from wood, the head is formed using the more ecologically-friendly cartonería, a hard papier mache, a growing and innovative craft in Mexico. Miguel Díaz is a Wixárika artist keeping symbols such as the peyote and the deer as seen on this piece. The beads are placed one-by-one attached with beeswax that Díaz prepares, and the piece can be displayed on either a wall or a table.

This delightful small box is from Miguel Díaz in Mexico, who works to preserve his Huichol or Wixarika culture and artistic legacy. The round box is crafted from papier mache and covered with tiny glass beads in elaborate patterns that include the peyote flower, an element significant to the Huichol. The beads are individually affixed to the box using a beeswax adhesive.

In traditional Huichol style, tiny glass beads are individually applied by hand to this small papier mache skull using beeswax. Miguel Diaz in Mexico designs and crafts the sculpture, which features star motifs. The Huichol or Wixarika are an indigenous people in central western Mexico.

Grinning widely, this small skull figurine adds a cultural accent to any space. Miguel Diaz in Mexico crafts the papier mache sculpture in the tradition of Huichol crafts, attaching tiny glass beads in elaborate patterns using beeswax as an adhesive. The Huichol or Wixarika are an indigenous people in central western Mexico.

Miguel Díaz in Mexico crafts this marvelous small sculpture from papier mache, applying glass beads one by one in elaborate patterns in the traditional style of Huichol handicrafts. The bear figurine is adorned with a tortuka or scorpion, a creature believed by the Huichol to represent protection. The Huichol are an indigenous people of central northwest Mexico with a rich culture and artisanal heritage.

In traditional Huichol style, tiny glass beads are individually applied by hand to this small papier mache skull using beeswax. Mexico's Miguel Diaz designs and crafts the sculpture, which features peyote flower motifs, a common element in Huichol design. The Huichol or Wixarika are an indigenous people in central western Mexico.

This delightful decorative box is crafted by Miguel Díaz in Mexico in the style of Huichol handicrafts. Formed from ceramic and papier mache, the small round box is covered with tiny glass beads in elaborate patterns. The beads are applied one by one using beeswax, and the designs include the peyote flower and corn, both significant elements of Huichol life. The Huichol are an indigenous people of central northwest Mexico with a rich culture and artisanal heritage.

Traditional Huichol elements such as the deer and the snake can be seen on this excellent small rabbit sculpture from Miguel Díaz in Mexico. The figurine is crafted from papier mache and then covered with tiny glass beads using beeswax. The Huichol are an indigenous people of central northwest Mexico with a rich culture and artisanal heritage.

There are no lions native to western Mexico, but the Huichol (Wixarika) people were introduced to them through the Spanish. This is an interpretation of the animal using glass beads attached over a papier mache form. Artist Miguel Díaz hand presses each bead individually using beeswax as a kind of glue to create the intricate patterns and colors that you see here.

White rabbits chase glowing orange deer around an exquisite nierika, or votive beadwork composition by Kupihaute, which takes the shape of a flower with five wide petals.

The artisan, who writes fluently in the Huichol, Nahuatl, Spanish and English languages, talks about this work in his own words. "This nierika/mirror represents the duality of our existence. The rabbit symbolizes the permanent movement of earthiness reflected in the lunar mirror. The deer is the spirit that animates the movement of our wise memory, marking the spiral path of our ancestral cultures in permanent transformation and adaptation around the peyote-maize." The artist has created the word "eARThiness" to emphasize the word "art" found inside "earth." "For me, this eARThiness is very important and meaningful."

The intricate images are formed with tiny seed beads. Kupihuate patiently places them one at a time with a needle made of abalone shell onto a huanacaxtle wood backing. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

The process is totally spontaneous, with no previous sketch or design. It is guided by the artist's unconscious to tell the stories that remain in our collective ancestral memory. He signs his work with the symbol of a butterfly on the reverse side of the nierika.

Formed of three blue peyote buds, a lighted candle is radiant in this exquisite nierika, or votive beadwork painting by Kupihaute. A butterfly alights on either side in his composition, which takes the shape of a flower with five wide petals.

The artisan, who writes fluently in the Huichol, Nahuatl, Spanish and English languages, talks about this work in his own words. "The nierika is a mirror that is offered to the sea together with the first corn that has been harvested, in order to renew the cycle of rains that will give life to the next crop cycle. As in most of the ancient cultures of our planet, the candle represents our trajectory between being born and returning. For this reason, even today, during the celebration of our birthday, it is customary to light and blow out as many candles as solar cycles have elapsed. The butterflies and spirals are indicating that existence is energy in permanent transformation between arising from and returning to earth."

The intricate images are formed with tiny seed beads. Kupihuate patiently places them one at a time with a needle made of abalone shell onto a huanacaxtle wood backing. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

The process is totally spontaneous, with no previous sketch or design. It is guided by the artist's unconscious to tell the stories that remain in our collective ancestral memory. He signs his work with the symbol of a butterfly on the reverse side of the nierika.

The magical mysticism of Huichol art inspires the design of this jewelry box. Deer, hummingbirds, Huichol shamans and sacred peyote flowers appear in a psychedellic feast of color. Ana Maria González masters decoupage techniques on a pinewood box with a mirror inside.