Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing vintage enamel Pith paper was made from

Pith paper was made from the cellular tissue found in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera

I've had told this wonderful old handmade brush with long

This really lovely West German mid-century vase I believe was made by Steuler

I'd say this woman is a pretty pure embodiment of oneness with the earth

from Piumazzo of Castelfranco Emilia in the province of Modena

Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing vintage enamel Pith paper was made fromI wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b. Indian Mills, WV 1901; died Hinton, WV 1997) when I found this and one other drawing by him (already sold) I just completely fell in love with this assembly of characters, and all that one might speculate about them! I have since learned a bit about him since, and quite an interesting artist, and human, he seems to have been. The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions