NOVICA Handmade Wood Everlasting Kiss Statuette (Indonesia) - 11.75" H x 5.5" W x 2.2" D

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 in a suar wood image.

Product Features:

• Everlasting Kiss' portrays a couple kneeling in a kiss
• Stylish sculpture's sinuous bodies suggest one shared heart
• Crafted of suar wood 
• 0.56 kgs
• Measures 5.5 inches wide x 11.8 inches high x 2.2 inches deep 
• Suar wood 
• Made in Indonesia

Story Behind the Art:

Born on February 21st, 1978 in Gianyar, Made Wirata is a carver of natural talent. Gianyar is renowned producing famous Balinese artist and artisans, and Wirata's family has been dedicated to this art for generations. 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 . 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.