fish decor

Displaying a bright purple hue with multicoloured designs, an elabourate fish makes a mystical addition to your home decor with this figurine from Mexico. Pablo and Lucy Mendez, who carry on the tradition of alebrije folk art, work together to create the fish. They carve this figurine of copal wood and paint it by hand.

Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until all of a sudden there appeared a lion with an eagle's head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Pedro began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not yet his time to be there are and he should continue running towards the exit. In this dream Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness.

Glittering with silver tones and vibrant, multicoloured designs, a fascinating fish makes a mystical addition to your home decor with this figurine from Mexico. Pablo and Lucy Mendez, who carry on the tradition of alebrije folk art, work together to create the fish. They carve this figurine of copal wood and paint it by hand.

Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until all of a sudden there appeared a lion with an eagle's head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Pedro began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not yet his time to be there are and he should continue running towards the exit. In this dream Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness.

Glittering with silver tones and vibrant, multicoloured designs, an elabourate fish makes a mystical addition to your home decor with this figurine from Mexico. Pablo and Lucy Mendez, who carry on the tradition of alebrije folk art, work together to create the fish. They carve this figurine of copal wood and paint it by hand.

Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until all of a sudden there appeared a lion with an eagle's head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Pedro began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not yet his time to be there are and he should continue running towards the exit. In this dream Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness.

Working in the time-honored technique of hand-painted batik art, Omi Setiawan creates two pretty decorative bowls. The albesia wood is carved into the shape of fish, and adorned with colorful flowers as well as traditional batik motifs.

The traditional Indonesian truntum pattern adorns a majestic homage to Java's ocean. Retno Pratiwi works on pule wood to craft this fish-shaped decorative plate, whose green and red hues embellish the stunning details that go around the piece, all made with batik techniques.

The spirit of the sea saw Aphrodite born and has since helped her through the mythological era, taking the form of fish and marine creatures that guide the goddess of beauty to safety, earning the constellation Pisces. This zodiac sign inspires Eka's newest relief panel, made from suar wood by local Balinese artisans, paying homage to the constellation of the loyal, intuitive and compassionate.

The god Pan was escaping from the ferocious giant Typhon when a divine entity transformed him into a creature half-goat and half-fish. Impressed by the mystic and powerful appearance of the deity of shepherds, the Olympian gods sent him to the stars, forming the constellation Capricorn. This zodiac sign inspires Eka's newest relief panel, made from suar wood by local Balinese artisans, paying homage to the constellation of the perseverant, diligent and faithful.