Blue and Turquoise Whiskered Cat Alebrije from Oaxaca - Blue Pouncing Cat Jul20 Enjoy your treasured art

Enjoy your treasured art

this bright mobile celebrates Costa Rica's varied fauna

Hand-carved mango wood boasts an ornate leafy vine motif

creating an elegant ceramic cross to display on the wall

Working on the handloom

Blue and Turquoise Whiskered Cat Alebrije from Oaxaca - Blue Pouncing Cat Jul20 Enjoy your treasured art'Look what I caught!' this cat seems to say. The playful feline is sculpted from copal wood, the classic for alebrije figures which are famous in the Central Valleys of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. This kitty with bristling natural fiber whiskers is the work of Gerardo and Teresa Ojeda, noted carvers in the region. Copal wood, henequen fiber 0. 32 oz 1. 6 inches H x 1. 6 inches W x 3. 5 inches D