Wonderful 1937 Mechanical Folk Art Toy with Two Figures rusty red pottery bowls 5" x 8" and in

5" x 8" and in very good antique condition

And so it makes perfect sense that he would also--perhaps in collaboration with Lilla--create photographs like these

feature what can essentially be understood as rebuses

Not a master carving

but which are also just beautiful and inspiring things in and of themselves

Wonderful 1937 Mechanical Folk Art Toy with Two Figures rusty red pottery bowls 5" x 8" and inThis was the first thing I found at Brimfield this past week, and it's among my very favorite finds. Turning the crank forces one loop of wire to press down on the carved handle attached to one figure, raising him into the air, and then releases him with a very satisfying clap as it raises the other. I find it all immensely satisfying and have not tired of playing with it yet (and have spent a fair amount time turning that crank!) And the primitively