Graceful Collection of Immersed Wooden Bird Sculptures by Moises Hernandez

Moises Hernandez is a Mexico-based designer. He lives in a diverse environment of objects, traditions, textures, social contrasts, and chromatic differences, but is most attracted to simplicity and fresh ideas. The wooden birds are based on the forms and colors of toucans, hummingbirds, and Mexican quetzals, chosen for their bright, contrasting feathers. Moises uses computer numerical control (CNC) technology to mill soft, continuous wooden shapes that replicate the structure of the birds' bodies. Exaggerated tubes form tails, while slender spikes create beaks. He developed an experimental painting technique that immerses sections of wood in colored water. Moises thus created overlapping and contrasting layers of color and played with transparency, leaving the wood grain visible beneath the dye. The depth and gradient of the shades depend on how long the wood is immersed. These decorative and pretty birds fly into the heart of every observer.