Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper and a single deep cobalt

and a single deep cobalt at the back

each filled with dozens of tiny

allowing light to pass through

each one individually painted with fine herringbone lines — a patient

This radiant Frida-inspired candelabra by Saúl Montesinos captures the artist’s signature blend of whimsy

Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper and a single deep cobaltCristo Escamilla's leafcutter ants are going somewhere, and they are not stopping for anything. All five hormigas are mid march, each one hoisting a fabric leaf overhead that dwarfs its entire body exactly as the real Atta leafcutter does, carrying fragments up to twenty times its own weight back to the colony without a moment's hesitation. The procession has that unstoppable, slightly absurd energy of actual leafcutters: heads down, legs moving,