Cristo Escamilla's inquiringowl 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; the wings and tail fan out into straight unbound strands that catch the light like feathers. The legs are bare twisted wire, and the feet splay into simple twig-like toes. All that presence, balanced on almost nothing.
Wire follows Cristo's instructions, curling, spiraling, radiating — and this beautiful owl is what results when the material and the maker are fully in sync.
Origin: Mexico City Dimensions: 5.5''Tall 4.5''Long 3.5''Wide
