Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin wood lids with plenty of irregularities indigenous

with plenty of irregularities indigenous to the stone and carving but no notable chips

Mohair fabric body

created not so much to be artful as to serve a function

but the handwritten note acknowledging that inclusion make me think it was done not long after

Ecuador and beyond

Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin wood lids with plenty of irregularities indigenousMore finds this week from the Rockport, MA estate of an artist, activist, teacher, world traveller, lifelong collector and dear friend to me including this one. Unsigned, she was hand sculpted of clay and hand painted, and I've got to say I think she's really terrific; not a saccharine, cute sort of figurine, but I think rather a nuanced sort of a portrait, which makes me think about performance anxiety, imposter syndrome and all the pressures of