Peruvian Fish

I bought this painted glass enclosed case be cause I wanted a beautiful box to put the jewelry I'm most wearing easy at hand and in a case that is beautiful to look at. It ticks all the boxes.

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!

This is a true treasure, so artfully done and beyond my expectation! Since I am a Pisces, the two fishes symbol is perfect and I am displaying it proudly. The box is well made and even a little larger than I thought it would be, and the painted lid is exceptional - Truly a high quality purchase!