Spencerian Pens: Beautiful Condition Antique Stationer's Pen Nib Case, Chock Full handmade antique puppet who sought to meld forms

who sought to meld forms from ancient traditions with those of utilitarian pottery developed in North Carolina

I really could not resist this old student drawing on board of a very serious "Bert" to the rescue

and I think it's seen a lot of years

using these combs to rake the surfaces creating wood grain effects and variegated color on the wood surfaces

her head measures 1 1/4" tall

Spencerian Pens: Beautiful Condition Antique Stationer's Pen Nib Case, Chock Full handmade antique puppet who sought to meld formsAnother find this week on a loop through central and mid coast Maine that brought pure joy and delight and quite a lucky find, too, I think a stationer's display box, completely filled with a spectrum of variously sized and shaped pen nibs! For me, I look at this in part as a fantastic found object: a near perfect embodiment of the power and possibilities of the pen, and endless potential of the written word, and language in general (including