Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust wedding day portrait Executed in hand-dyed wool

Executed in hand-dyed wool

A Brown who did them is none other than Harold Brown

though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre

but certainly lending a sense of urgency and vulnerability

The form of the blocks also allows for easily sliding one out along the groove without disrupting the rest of the structure

Wise Looking Man, Old Carved Burl Folk Art Bust wedding day portrait Executed in hand-dyed woolI believe this carving was made by the same person as the burl wolf with bared fangs also listed today, found together and with a similar manner to the carvings, though this guy feels like a calm sage, to counter to wilder instincts! (Specifically, he looks like a judge to me, carefully listening to both sides of the argument. ) Really quite a wonderful carving I think, very expressive face and with the natural form of the burl giving him quite an