Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin wood lids created not so much to

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

I had one crochet sampler "book" with fabric pages of this sort in the shop a couple of years ago

with original lid

quite a spectacular and haunting photograph

slightly mottled cornflower blue glaze

Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin wood lids created not so much toMore 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