Alexy J. Lanza, Pre-Colombian, Woodcuts Prints
Chinkultic Disc, Maya Ball Game, classic period
The Chinkultic Disc: The Mayan ball game marker, (the Chinkultic site and dated 591 A.D.) with a finely incised representation of Hun Hunahpú, (pronounced hunaxpu, which means; One in the Mayan language Yucateco (Popol Vuh ). The head of this deity, represented in the ball of the game...
With an emphasis on Carving, Printmaking, techniques, to weave, word and image thru one praxis that promote physical and mental well-being. Carving in wood is equivalent to weaving (image and word) rooted in the tradition, worldview, and history of the original peoples of the American Continent. It is capturing the information of the cosmos recognizing itself in the divine, and manifesting it with apparent simplicity in a wood engraving, a printed image that indicates time and space, thru one Cosmo-Vision. Print and Carved by Hand.
With an emphasis on Carving, Printmaking, techniques, to weave, word and image thru one praxis that promote; physical, mental well-being, thru the arts, appealing to heal, and rescuing the human from ourselves.
Carving in wood is equivalent to weaving (image and word) rooted in the tradition, worldview, and history of the original peoples of the American Continent. It is capturing the information of the cosmos recognizing itself in the divine, and manifesting it with apparent simplicity in one wood carving, print image, that indicates time and space, thru the Maya Cosmo-Vision.