Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Texas armadillo hand-drawn patternwork that feels both

hand-drawn patternwork that feels both ancient and contemporary

it captures the lively sense of motion that defines monkeys: appearing perfectly still for a moment before springing into action again

widely regarded as the father of Oaxacan woodcarving

This beautiful olla has a very attractive flower designed with minute etched decorations

The colors are joyful and rich: magentas

Cristo Escamilla:Mid Size Owl Wire Art Texas armadillo hand-drawn patternwork that feels bothCristo 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;