Yesterday we took Leo to Barrio Santa Ana in order to revisit the studio of Julio Galvez R. As mentioned in a previous blog he is a master in the art of alabaster sculpture.
This time we actually met him and talked extensively to him about his work. It was a fascinating morning. He showed us an amazing piece of work depicting eight musicians all playing various instruments, the entire work would have only measured thirty centimetres by fifteen centimetres and the detail was unbelievable. Although the price was reasonably high and you are very tempted to spend the money, you always wonder that if you did purchase it how you would possibly get it back to Australia in one piece.
We also met his twelve year old son, Carlos Julio, and he showed us one of his miniature works titled “El Condor Pasa” and this piece only stands nine centimetres high! As you can see from the picture it depicts a traditional Peruvian musician playing “El Condor Pasa” on his flute. If you look very carefully you will even see that Carlos Julio has carved the condor beneath the man’s feet! The young lad even took great delight to count all the fingers and thumbs for me!
You guessed it; I could not help myself this time and I bought it for the sum of thirty soles, about $10.60 AUS! We both seemed very happy with the deal; I only hope Carlos Julio’s father felt the same.
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