SOLD Much Loved Sweetly Frowning Antique Jointed Man with Tenderly Added Legs pillowcase who I have found some

who I have found some mentions of but not much about

"The subject of this sketch was born April 1st 1880

The graphite drawn side is smoother oil/waxed cloth

Doesn't get much moodier than this one

I find hugely satisfying

SOLD Much Loved Sweetly Frowning Antique Jointed Man with Tenderly Added Legs pillowcase who I have found someThis frowning fellow is one of a number of wonderful old carved articulated figures today, him straight out of an amazing West Coast collection of folk self taught outsider art. For me carved figures like are as close to animate as a handmade thing can be, and I always love the process of photographing them a sort of "getting to know you" experience, through which their very individual personalities (and souls, I would say!) reveal themselves,