Cristo Escamilla: Little Owl Wire Art amate paper imaginative creature

imaginative creature

all carved from a single block of copal

is mounted on richly textured handmade paper

captures the feline’s raw power and intensity in motion

Cristo Escamilla: Little Owl Wire Art amate paper imaginative creatureCristo Escamilla's smaller owl has its own distinct character. The copper wire radiates freely around those vivid glass eyes, looser, more expressive than the larger version, like a bird fully at ease in its own feathers. The face and stance are very expressive. The body is looped mesh at the core, with strands fanning loose at the wings and hem. From the side, the wire sweeps downward in long, unbound lines that suggest feathers in motion. Origin: