Hand-forged Pick Axe Head modern sculpture 7 1/4" wide with oars

7 1/4" wide with oars outstretched

" There was a handwritten attribution on the back of the matte on which this was mounted

or for someone like me who has spent more than her fair share of time in the dentist’s chair

and found it such a lovely and surprising thing

circa 1930s-50s

Hand-forged Pick Axe Head modern sculpture 7 1/4" wide with oarsSometimes when I am out hunting for things I find something that just feels good to carry around in my hand, and by the end of my stop if I've become pretty attached to it I won't let it go. This was the case with this hand forged piece, an old pick axe head I believe, which has both a great weight and hand feel to it, and to my eye more than passes the muster as an compelling sculptural object, looking a bit like a hand with one long finger pointing