Luis Pablo: Lemur with Snail Woodcarving books completely at home on any

completely at home on any surface it lands on

and ears that give them personality and movement

and sacred symbols

Carved from copal wood and full of colorful hand-painted patterns

Luis Pablo: Lemur with Snail Woodcarving books completely at home on anyLuis Pablo Mendoza carved a lemur from Madagascar cradling a garden snail in both hands, studying it with huge amber eyes rimmed in cobalt blue. He is not eating it. He is completely absorbed by it. This is what Luis Pablo does: he finds the moment just before anything happens, and holds it there. The lemur sits cross legged, ringed tail coiled out to one side, both arms cradling the snail as carefully as something fragile and newly found. Huge amber