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Wooden handcrafts known as alebrijes, representing fantastical insect-like creatures
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English: Alebrijes were invented by Mexico City-born Pedro Linares López, an artist who usually worked the papier-mache genre of handcrafts known in Mexico as "cartonería". One night, in a fever-induced dream, he saw himself sorrounded by fantastical creatures that repeated the word "alebrijes". Upon waking, he began to sculpt figures like the ones he saw in his dream.
The figures gained recognition and were specially appreciated in the state of Oaxaca, where local artisans chose to sculpt them out of wood (usually the one known as copal) as opposed to papier-mache. Alebrijes are known to represent both real animals and fantastical creatures, usually in bright-colored patterns which often represent cultural elements.
Español: Los alebrijes fueron inventados por el artista Pedro Linares López, nacido en la Ciudad de México y especializado en el género artesanal de escultura en papel maché conocido como "cartonería" en México. Una noche, en un sueño ocasionado por la fiebre, se vio a sí mismo rodeado de criaturas de fantasía que repetían la palabra "alebrijes". Al despertar, comenzó a esculpir figuras como las que vio en su sueño.
Las figuras obtuvieron reconocimiento y fueron particularmente apreciadas en el estado de Oaxaca, donde los artesanos locales prefirieron esculpirlas en madera (por lo general la que se conoce como copal) en vez de papel maché. Los alebrijes comúnmente representan animales tanto reales como fantásticos, por lo general en colores brillantes y patrones que representan elementos culturales. |
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