墨西哥阿莱布里赫木雕：幻想生物与工匠精神
In the sunbaked workshops of Oaxaca, Mexico, a peculiar kind of creature is born. Alebrijes are brightly painted wooden figures that combine parts of real and imaginary animals — a lizard with eagle wings, a jaguar with fish scales. These fantastical beasts are the life's work of Zapotec artisans who have transformed a family tradition into a global art form.
The origin of alebrijes is surprisingly modern. In the 1930s, Mexico City artist Pedro Linares dreamed of a forest filled with hybrid animals all shouting “¡Alebrije!” He began crafting them from papier-mâché. Later, in the 1980s, woodcarvers in the Oaxaca valley adapted the concept using copal wood, a soft, fragrant timber that is easy to carve and holds paint well.
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