Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands hand-formed pottery Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

during which she enjoyed exotic desserts like charlotte a la russe and ventured off the beaten path confident in her knowledge of how to steer clear of poisonous hemlock and how to bandage a head wound should things come to that

close to non-existent

against a painterly pale pink ground

This print is numbered 9/150

Fantastic Old Carving of Woman with Long Hair and Tiny Hands hand-formed pottery Her teachers included Stig LindbergOne of my very favorite carvings I've had, and quite an old one, found in Maine and made of pine I believe. For me, it all hinges on those tiny tiny hands, clasped just below her waist, exactly where her long cloak of hair ends, and exactly where her skirt splits, falling in waves on either side and revealing the underskirt below and quite undermining any sense of primness. When I found her she immediately made me think of Donatello's Mary Magdalene.