New Puritan Lead menagerie\ "Quadraped any animal that walks

"Quadraped any animal that walks on four legs"

as it feels like they want to rattle against each other

4 1/4" across at handle

as I love the portrait

as with old samplers

New Puritan Lead menagerie\ "Quadraped any animal that walksSomething in the combination of text and material just spoke to me when I found these blocks of New Puritan Lead the other day in Maine, weighing in at about 8 pounds. It seems somehow rather poignant that "Puritan" and lead should be linked, perhaps as if to signify the heavy weight of the puritanical in many senses. And the font on the text seems perfectly right, declarative and unwavering. (A little bit Jenny Holzer esque too.) To my sensibilities,