Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms with the painted frame of

with the painted frame of the slate itself now a mellow gold

Here it appears the blue was painted over an earlier coat of red

There is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935-2013) who created this print (a 4 color screen print I believe) in 1962

I love the absurdity of this one

and the reverse showing two old patches

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms with the painted frame ofI found this hand formed clay skunk, dipped in a thick black, almost tar like (but not sticky) coat, at a show in Pennsylvania this past summer, and have just enjoyed having him sitting around for a while. Something about the shape of those individually sculpted and applied legs really does it for me, and then this bristle tail too. I have some notion that the tail had a function like the bristles found at one end of old cork screws used for clearing