{"title":"SERPENTS","description":"\u003cp\u003eSerpent masks by Andrés Vondash move between botanical matter, animal presence and imagined ritual. Each work is formed in plaster, finished with professional cosmetic makeup and mounted in an integral shadow-box frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"atheris","title":"ATHERIS","description":"\u003cp\u003eAtheris takes its name from \u003cem\u003eAtheris squamigera\u003c\/em\u003e, the African bush viper. The work does not reproduce the species literally. It translates its visual presence through a dark green surface, pronounced scale-like relief and bronze-gold reflections that shift with the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mask emerges between dried palm forms and clustered seeds. Their brittle, straw-coloured structure surrounds a face that remains tense and alert. The open mouth and exposed fangs turn the composition into a threshold between concealment and warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe face becomes an intermediary form: human in origin, serpentine in appearance and fixed as an object. Makeup leaves the duration of the body and becomes a lasting sculptural gesture, while living colour persists inside a landscape marked by dryness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrés Vondash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67606770352443,"sku":null,"price":460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1705\/6059\/files\/CulebraVerdeHojasSecas.png?v=1790729241"},{"product_id":"morelia","title":"MORELIA","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorelia takes its name from \u003cem\u003eMorelia viridis\u003c\/em\u003e, the green tree python. The work does not reproduce the species literally. 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The open mouth and exposed fangs interrupt a field of dried stems, pods and seeds, turning the composition into a ceremonial encounter between warning, stillness and latent force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plaster mask is finished by hand with professional cosmetic makeup rather than conventional paint. The dried botanical composition and shadow-box frame form an integral part of the artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrés Vondash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67607138009403,"sku":null,"price":460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1705\/6059\/files\/lachesis.png?v=1790738144"},{"product_id":"uktena","title":"UKTENA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe feather does not soften the fang.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUktena takes its name from the great horned serpent of Cherokee tradition, a mythic being associated with a brilliant stone. The work does not reproduce that figure literally. It draws together the serpent, the jewel and the winged presence as a contemporary sculptural apparition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack feathers open symmetrically around the face, extending the mask beyond its human scale. At the centre, a dark serpentine surface, exposed fangs and a small green accent concentrate the gaze. Softness and threat occupy the same body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe face becomes an intermediary form: human in origin, serpentine in expression and avian in its expansion. 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