Marvelous Folk Art Carved Female Bust surfing The bristles are a blonde

The bristles are a blonde horsehair

makes me swoon

This is a limited edition stone-cut (from an edition of 24 I believe) hand-printed at the Holman Eskimo Co-operative in Holman

like they always existed in the ether and were just waiting to be put to paper--like this one

This may be my favorite of the lot--a bit unassuming on the outside

Marvelous Folk Art Carved Female Bust surfing The bristles are a blondeAmong my very favorite figurative carvings I've had, I'd guess this beauty dates to the 1930s 40s or so, and is many times more great in person. To me she seems wonderfully self possessed and also as if she might be holding a secret, which she might or might not be on the cusp of revealing; just the sort of carving one might carry on an ongoing conversation with! Surprisingly, she appears not to be signed, unless there is a name carved into the