Xoito
Project: Art Toy
Material: Beech Wood
Year: 2018
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." JFK. This frase is the whole purpose of this project, giving rather than taking, giving back a little bit of my Mexican culture to the people from which I learnt a ton back in Sweden.
Xoito was born in 2018 in Malmstens University at Stockholm Sweden. This art toy has Scandinavian aesthetics while using a mexican concept. Xoito is an Alebrije, which is a mexican traditional art toy that combines multiple animal features into one single being. The chosen animals are a mix between Mexican and Swedish fauna (either endemic or relevant to the country)and their selected features are: elk’s antlers, axolotl’s head, lion’s mane, eagle’s talons, and the beaver's tail.