Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Oaxacan wood Elegant handwoven cushions from Santo

Elegant handwoven cushions from Santo Tomas Jalieza in Oaxaca

A striking gold band cuts diagonally across the heart

and black is superb

tail raised high with irresistible attitude

Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Oaxacan wood Elegant handwoven cushions from SantoCristo 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;