Maria Jimenez: Handcrafted Wood Cross Koala as if you were looking

as if you were looking through a tiny temple doorway

Five tiny workers

He works alongside his wife Mayte Calvo in San Martín Tilcajete

and its philosophy of silversmithing as a design language

so well proportioned and expressive

Maria Jimenez: Handcrafted Wood Cross Koala as if you were lookingMara Jimnez Ojeda is one of the most beloved painters in San Martn Tilcajete, known throughout Oaxaca for her exquisite flower work. In her family workshop, her brothers Cndido, Alberto, and Aarn carve the wood, and Mara paints. Her hand is unmistakable. This devotional cross is Mara at her best. The body of the cross is filled corner to corner with a field of flowers, dozens of them, pink, red, blue, coral, deep magenta, each one painted with tiny