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Pedro Linares López was a creative artist from Mexico City who invented the alebrije in the 1930s. An alebrije is a brightly colored, magical creature made of mixed-up animal parts—like a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, or a lizard with a lion’s head! Pedro came up with the idea after he fell very sick with a high fever and had a wild dream about a magical forest filled with these strange beasts. In his dream, the creatures all shouted a made-up word: "Alebrijes!" When Pedro woke up and felt better, he used papier-mâché (paper and glue) to sculpt the monsters from his dream and painted them with beautiful, bright patterns. Today, these happy and colorful folk art statues are loved all over the world and are a famous part of Mexican culture.
Grades are based on:
Combining 2 to 3 different creatures into one. If you do 1 creature your grade would be lower than doing 2 or 3. Keep in mind that you can use the patterns of one creature, like zebra stripes, and palce it on another animal, like a turtle, and that would count as 2 animals.
Bright, colorful designs and patterns that are neatly drawn and painted on your creature.
Overall neatness - the creature you sculpt has a finished quality to it. This means the surface is smooth and free of seams, scratches, or other blemishes. The designs and patterns are painted on neatly with care.
A brief description, written on a piece of paper and included with your sculpture, that explains what animals you combined.
Examples of foil armatures.
Examples of foil armatures.
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