Hand-carved alebrijes - fantastical folk art carvings - have placed the city of Oaxaca, Mexico in the spotlight. For nearly 50 years, artists have individually hand-carved and painstakingly painted these vivid creatures and characters from the wood of the copal tree. Every alebreje is an original work of art, as shown by this life-sized rabbit by master artist Susano Morales.

9" high