Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles animal shaped Signed AD on the bottom

Signed AD on the bottom

certainly it is hard to look at a face like this one and not start generating stories

I found these little old squirrel hair brushes at an antique shop in New Hampshire and just thought they were great looking

This lovely art nouveau style free hand “hearts and vines” iridescent glass vessel reminds me of the miraculous capacities of blown glass—what a tiny wonder

)  I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls

Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles animal shaped Signed AD on the bottomThese wonderful things! With their great color combinations and especially their fantastically shaped hats and bases, they remind me think a bit of Constructivist sculpture and even more so of the costumes in Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), but their sweet hand drawn faces are pure folk. The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles, with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases, just