The Art of the Alfonso Castillo Family Bilingual EditionEl Arte de la Familia Castillo Echoes from the Womb of Clay This is one of those perfect books for collectors of Mexican Folk Art. Published in a very limited edition for the Castillo family workshop and never commercially distributed, El Arte de la Familia Castillo is a collectors item as rare and handmade in spirit as the art it documents. Alfonso Castillo Orta of Izcar de Matamoros, Puebla is one of the towering figures of Mexican folk art a master

The defining chapter of TANE’s creative ambition came in 1974

A treasure of a little hen

and tiny sneakers

the frog looks directly back at you with an expression of total composure

her brothers Cándido

A graduate of Oaxaca's School of Plastic and Visual Arts

The ears are two small

5''Tall 19''Long 3''Wide

flowing waves and medallions

An angel in a Mexican home is a guardian

A wonderful piece with real personality and charm

a mediator between the human and divine worlds