Brief Product Description:
Kuladoo recommends this beautiful statuette for any man trying to find the perfect expression for a romantic moment. The statuette conveys a sense of tenderness. love and strength and is sure to delight for years.
Face to face, a couple kneels in a kiss; their sinuous bodies suggest one shared heart. Made Wirata captures the force of the lovers' passion, carving their image from suar wood.
Wirata first learned to carve from his father, who specialized in a particular style of carving locally known as sri bunga as well as keris - a traditional dagger. When he finished elementary school, he apprenticed with his uncle, who taught him to carve traditional images. In 1993, his interest in art lead him to learn from a cousin how the carving of modern statuettes. Wirata began to sell his work in order to sustain his studies and now several galleries in Bali are collecting his creations.
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