Lucy’s Symbol

Lucy’s Symbol by Baltazar Castellano Melo is a visually captivating exploration of ancestral memory, identity, and pre-Columbian abstraction. Carved and printed using traditional woodblock techniques, the composition unfolds as a tightly packed grid of symbolic figures—part human, part divine, part animal—each one rendered in bold black lines against a rich brown wood-textured background.
The overall layout suggests a codex or ritual map, where each character holds its own iconographic weight. The triangular border pattern echoes indigenous design motifs, framing the internal chaos with visual order. With its graphic strength and cultural resonance, this piece stands as a contemporary homage to ancient Mesoamerican visual language.