The cats are creepy, but I love it regardless!
Eliazar Ochoa is one of half a dozen Peruvian artisans whose page I try to check every month or so for new work; I had a rug and another tapestry by him already. I love depictions of animals. especially when they are animals you don't commonly see depicted as with llamas and rheas, two distinctly South American animals (my other tapestry from him is all condors). And while purple is my favorite color, I do like orange as well, and I saw there was a bit of purple in this. This tapestry currently occupies pride of place, on the door to my office. Which means that at close range, I've realized the faces of the cats are kind of creepy. But I'm not really sure how you could do better on a loom, and I have also seen much worse cat faces! As I look at them more, I think I definitely prefer : | to a badly done : 3 (the most popular simplified cat face), and it makes a lot more sense on a loom as well!
Archie
Dec 27, 2022
Ecellent !
I got this as a gift for someone else and they liked it so much it went up on the wall the following day... the hand carving on this is a excellent , a job done too well... it is absolutely one of the best hand carve pieces i think i have seen in a while... thank you so much for displaying this Buddha.. the quality and workmanship is outstanding... Was well packed and it came earlier that expected... thanks again..
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