Cuenca is the art capital of Ecuador. Artists of all kinds, using every kind of material imaginable (and then some) are drawn (pardon the pun!) to Cuenca.
Last Friday I had breakfast at Esperanza's brother's home. This was the 2nd time I was there. He, Eugenio, is quite the master craftsman, making all kinds of beautiful furniture and other interesting things out of wood.
His wife hopes to open a restaurant soon and he has made all of the chairs, tables, lamps, even the menus out of wood.
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| a beautiful table that Eugenio made that will be in the foyer of his wife's restaurant |
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| some of the lamps that Eugenio made for his wife's restaurant |
Later in the day I went on an art tour, the 2nd one I've been on since I've been in Cuenca. It was very special as you get to go into the artists' homes, where most of them have their workshops or studios. To hear them speak from their hearts about their work is very moving. The first place we went was to the home & studio of a woman who works in aluminum. Most of her materials are recycled. From there we went to the workshop of a sculptor. His work is of people in native clothing. Very authentic.
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| a finished beautiful sculpture |
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| lots of steps are involved in 1 piece of work |
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| a sculpture before it's painted |
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| finished product |
Then we went to the home/studio of a man who works using wood and metal. He's called the iguana man as he makes many iguanas & other wildlife from the Galapagos. I took a picture of a bike sculpture that I would love to own:
Here I am with the artist and some of his work in the background:
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