We had no idea how much we could help someone - a child - through our art. "When she told us this, we felt a great sense of satisfaction. He ate, and then drew a picture of me, calling me 'art boy.' Apparently, the experience contributed to him coming out of his depression. His mother later told us that, when he got home, he was in a very happy mood. "When he was finished, he looked quite content with himself. I caught his attention and I helped him make a sponge from a block of floral foam. Regardless, we began to teach and I started carving a log of wood into a bear, and this kid was amazed by the magic of transforming wood into an animal. Among them was a boy who wouldn't obey, wouldn't eat and wouldn't pay attention. "An event that had a big effect on us was when we were invited to teach our work to children with different capabilities in a school in Michigan. They are related to animals, flowers, insects, the cycle of life, and time. Our inspiration comes from life's essential elements - the sun, the moon, the wind, water and fire, as well as the main symbols of our Zapotec culture. This is reflected in the work that we do, which is special and authentic.
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"We love spending our free time in the nearby fields and rivers and admiring nature while sitting atop a mountain or hill. In 2012, we received an award during Mexico's National Exhibition of Artisan Crafts (ENART) for our sculpture 'The Wild Bull of the Sun and Day.' "The government of Oaxaca and the Tourist Ministry have both recognized our work and named us master wood artisans and our efforts to promote this cultural art form across the borders. We use the dust that comes off after sanding a piece to fill in the cracks that a piece of wood may have, and we use the thorn of a maguey to paint the more delicate motifs. "Our materials include reclaimed tree trunks and branches as well as roots from dead trees, or the ones that we find in fields and rivers.
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"What we have taken from our culture is that we left the trees and recovered our own life, which is evident in every finished sculpture. And now we share our love for this art with our children, who will preserve their family legacy. You could say we conceived a life filled with colors and a love for nature as well as for our huge cultural heritage. "Reyna and I have different styles when it comes to alebrijes and, when we got married, we decided to combine our ideas, creating our own version - our artistic identity where color and sculpture have a specific meaning. "Our work has also been sponsored by a prestigious paper company that depicts our wood sculptures on their stationery. Now Reyna and I exhibit together, and some of our alebrijes are on display in Israel and in Germany. the first one was in Arizona when I was only 14 years old. It was a duck and it got sent to the Museum of Light in San Antonio! Since then, I've had the good fortune to exhibit my work in different museums and galleries in the U.S. "I still recall the first piece I ever carved. We studied different things too, but what we really like to do is crafting alebrijes and continuing our families' traditions. Our parents were master carvers and they taught each of us when we were children.
"We both come from families dedicated to carving and painting wood in a style known as alebrije. We're from a small town in Oaxaca," says Zeny by way of introduction. " Hola! We're Zeny Fuentes and Reyna Piña.
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