Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Oaxacan wood part enchanted forest

part enchanted forest

colorful story on your shelf

exceptional woodcarvings

closed-eyed expression evokes peaceful contemplation and deep inner prayer

Elegant handwoven cushions from Santo Tomas Jalieza in Oaxaca

Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Oaxacan wood part enchanted forestCristo Escamilla's inquiring owl charms with its face, and the face is hard to look away from. Two glass eyes sit at the center of perfectly spiraled wire discs, each strand laid in tight concentric rings that echo the facial ruff a real owl uses to funnel sound toward its ears. Anatomically honest and formally beautiful at the same time. The technique for the body shifts. The chest is dense looped mesh, warm copper deepened with paint in the shadows;