Fine Ecuadorian Woven Wool Tapestry by Jose Cotacachi handloomed and the wonderfully fine graphic

and the wonderfully fine graphic patterns on both

Boothbay Harbor

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee

The glaze is a pretty blue with just a hint of green in it

This couple seem very empathetic indeed

Fine Ecuadorian Woven Wool Tapestry by Jose Cotacachi handloomed and the wonderfully fine graphicSigned Jose C, this exquisitely crafted wool tapestry was created by Jose Cotacachi, a prominent master weaver based in Peguche, Ecuador, a few miles from Otavalo, a hub for weaving since pre Inca times. I love how the design plays with optical perceptions: focusing on the light brown it reads as a series of repeating abstract geometrical patterns, but focus on the dark brown and a repeating animal motif reveals itself, which operates both