Wooden owl with fish by Juventino Melchor Saulo Moreno 5cm (width)

5cm (width)

which is halfway between Mexico City and the Pacific resort of Acapulco

but dropped out because his teachers wouldn‰۪t let him use colour

With the advent of mass tourism in the 1960s

Burnt orange Acapulco Chair

Wooden owl with fish by Juventino Melchor Saulo Moreno 5cm (width)Wooden owl with fish and yellow trousers by Juventino Melchor Dimensions 20cm (height) x 5cm (width) Hand painted and carved by Juventino Melchor Hand made in Mexico Juventino Melchor is a well known Mexican woodcarver and alebrije artist who continues a family legacy of working with wood. His figures are noted for their unique humour and inventiveness. He carves, while his wife and family members paint.