{"product_id":"carolina-sandoval-kengi-mushrooms-snail-woodcarving","title":"Carolina Sandoval \u0026 Kengi: Mushrooms \u0026 Snail Woodcarving","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCarolina Sandoval and Kengi Santos are a young couple whose work has quickly become a favorite among collectors. Carolina's trademark palette of bougainvillea pinks and deep purples is unmistakable, and Kengi's carving has a gentle, story-like quality that makes every piece feel pulled from somewhere magical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis mushroom scene is exactly that. A tall mushroom rises from a small patch of grass, its purple cap painted with swirling currents of violet, white, orange, and amber, like a sunset captured in slow motion. Perched on the rim of the cap, a small green snail with a beautifully geometric spiral shell sits in perfect stillness, as if it has just paused to take in the view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe carving is full of a story. The main stem is a deep magenta, covered in fine pre-Columbian geometric patterning, frets, stepped designs, and herringbone bands, as if the mushroom were wearing an embroidered huipil. A smaller mushroom companion grows beside it, purple cap with yellow markings, pink stem dotted in white. Around the base, the grass is painted in bright lime blades reaching upward like soft flames.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIn the woodland tradition of Mexican folk art, mushrooms carry their own quiet magic. Mazatec and Zapotec communities have long used sacred mushrooms in healing and vision ceremonies. The Zapotec call them \u003cem\u003esantos niños\u003c\/em\u003e, the holy children. To carve a mushroom in Oaxaca is to invoke a creature that lives between the everyday and the dreamlike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA piece of pure enchantment from two of the village's most original young artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin: Oaxaca \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 8''Tall    5''Long    4''Wide \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandia Folk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48543586812153,"sku":"619363CS","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0245\/1069\/3451\/files\/Carolina_Sandoval_Mushroom.jpg?v=1781802054","url":"https:\/\/www.sandiafolk.com\/products\/carolina-sandoval-kengi-mushrooms-snail-woodcarving","provider":"Sandia Folk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}