Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail wise man Just looking at it makes

Just looking at it makes me want to plan a train trip in order to carry it along

when medical doctors were unable to keep human skeletons for study and teaching purposes

I love plumb bobs just as forms

and these great wings that also feel a bit like cresting waves

Each photo measures approx 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail wise man Just looking at it makesI found this hand formed clay skunk, dipped in a thick black, almost tar like (but not sticky) coat, at a show in Pennsylvania this past summer, and have just enjoyed having him sitting around for a while. Something about the shape of those individually sculpted and applied legs really does it for me, and then this bristle tail too. I have some notion that the tail had a function like the bristles found at one end of old cork screws used for clearing