Glass sculpture in grey and green tones of a double headed anteater

Isabel De Obaldía

Hormiguero Rey (Anteater King)

sand cast glass, engraved with diamond bits

10 × 40 × 14¼ inches (25.4 × 101.6 × 36.2 cm)

2013

A video of the artist creating her Metates series, showing the engraving process for Anteater King

More Works by Isabel De Obaldía

A glass sculpture by Isabel De Obaldia of a red and orange colored bat

Red Bat

A glass sculpture by Isabel De Obaldia of a translucent blue bat with its wings outstretched

Alien

A glass sculpture by Isabel De Obaldia in brown and red tones of a bat with its wings outstretched.

Griller

A casting sketch for a glass bat sculpture by Isabel De Obalida. The drawings shows a bat with outstretched wings in red and yellow alongside notes.

Griller

A drawing by Isabel de Obaldia showing casting sketches for her glass bat sculptures. Four large bats in green, yellow, and red are shown on a white background with notes.

1er día

A black and grey charcoal drawing of a bat by Isabel De Obaldia. It is a casting sketch for a glass sculpture.

Griller (Big Bats Last)

A work on paper by Isabel De Obaldia showing an opaque figure against a background with abstract oranges spots and bats drawn in pencil

Untitled (1)

A watercolor and graphite drawing by Isabel de Obaldia of a light blue bat in flight with its wings outstretched against a blue background dotted with yellow stars.

Starry Bat

A work on paper by Isabel De Obaldia showing the silhouette of a white figure against a bright blue background. There are white and black spots surrounded it.

Untitled (2)

A watercolor by Isabel De Obaldia of a bright blue bat with white stripes against a dark background. The bat is holding its wings above its head.

Blue Bat

An etching by Isabel De Obaldia of a woman sitting at a table holding a bat sculpture. A swarm of large bats drawn in pencil hover overhead.

Sueño 1

A dry point etching of a woman sitting at a table holding a glass sculpture shaped like a bat. A linocut of a bat is stamped in the top left corner.

Sueño 3

A dry point etching of a woman seated at a table holding a bat sculpture. A huge bat done in watercolor in grey tones looms over her.

Sueño 2

A dry point etching of a woman seated at a table holding a bat shaped sculpture. Lino prints in red of bats are stamped across the image.

Sueño 4

A monotype by Isabel De Obaldia of a bat with outstretched wings. The bat is outlined in white against a dark blue background, with yellow, green, and red accents.

Singing Bat

Blue Bat

A monotype by Isabel De Obaldia showing a bat with its wings stretched overhead. It is done in light blue colors with accents of red and yellow.

Ghost Bat

A preliminary sketch by Isabel De Obaldia for a glass bat sculpture. The drawing is in purple and blue tones and there is a red face drawn in the middle of the bat shaped figure.

Copper Eyes

A drawing by Isabel De Obaldia in dark colors showing a swirling vortex

Espiral

A drawing in grey, black, and yellow of a swirling vortex filled with bats, with a small person in the center. A large bat hangs upside down from the top.

Encuentro

A large scale work on paper by Isabel De Obaldia showing a an abstracted figure in red and green diving from the top of the paper. The figure is surrounded by black bats against a grey background.

Door

A vitreograph by Isabel De Obaldia of a bright red bat in flight against a dark background. The bat is drawn in a bold manner, with simple graphic lines.

Murciélago

A colorful work on paper by Isabel De Obaldia showing a circular vortex in orange and purple tones with black bats flying around.

Flight

A colorful work on paper by Isabel De Obaldia in purple, red, white, and black showing bats in flight.

Red Flight

A vibrant artwork with an abstract quality showing black bats flying against a red and yellow background.

Bat Signals

A blue glass sculpture of a seated dog

Lobo azul (Blue Wolf)

Glass sculpture in amber tones of a double headed anteater

Hormigueros del Cenote

A light green glass sculpture of a man's torso and legs, with engraved leaves

Poet (Diosedú Tará)

Yellow glass sculpture of a four legged animal with red scorpions on its back

Escorpiones rojos (Red Scorpions)

Glass sculpture of a jaguar shaped like a pre-Columbian metate

Trono del jaguar (Jaguar Throne)

Photograph of a glass sculpture of a shark with a flat top

Bestia tiburón (Shark Beast)

Glass sculpture shaped like a pre-Columbian metate with scorpions engraved on top

Baile de los alacranes (Dance of the Scorpions)

A glass sculpture shaped like a pre-Columbian metate with feline heads on the ends

Reflejos (Reflections)

A vertical glass sculpture of a jaguar's head on a column covered in leaves

Jaguar King

A glass sculpture shaped like a human torso with a raised crocodile head shape in the middle

Crocodile Torso

Vertical glass sculpture of a jaguar's head on a columnar body

Shining

A glass sculpture of the body of a jaguar, mounted vertically on a steel base.

Golden Jaguar

Glass sculpture of a long iguana lying on a pedestal

Iguana

A vertical glass sculpture of a head on top of a column with protruding spikes

Palma Datil (Date Palm)

Painting of a jaguar's head holding a naked man in its open mouth

La Cueva (The Cave)

Jade Panther

Round, stylized glass sculpture of an eagle's head

Aguila

Anteater King (Hormiguero rey)

Glass sculpture of a bright green torso with a lizard inlaid on it

Lagartija (Lizard)

Glass sculpture in black and red shaped like a human torso

Torito

A cast glass sculpture of a silver head with stylized features

Traslúcido (Translucent)

Small glass sculpture of a green crocodile

Mangrove Crocodile