El Descanso en Bronze

In this striking bronze sculpture titled "El Descanso" (The Rest), CHOCO translates his distinctive collagraphic style into three-dimensional form, creating a female bust with deeply textured surfaces that echo the incised patterns found in his prints. The sculpture's surface is entirely covered with a complex network of grooves and ridges, creating a bark-like or reptilian texture that catches light and shadow. The facial features are stylized yet expressive, with almond-shaped eyes and full lips that retain the artist's characteristic simplified forms.

The figure's elongated neck transitions into a torso marked by two circular forms, while the hair is rendered as a solid geometric mass that extends to one side, creating a dramatic sculptural counterbalance. The bronze material has been patinated to achieve subtle variations in color, with highlights of gold emerging from the darker recesses of the textured surface. This sculptural work demonstrates CHOCO's ability to transfer his unique artistic vocabulary from printmaking to sculpture, maintaining the powerful presence and textural richness that characterizes his two-dimensional work while successfully adapting it to occupy physical space.