Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll hand thrown pottery bowls I love the fact that

I love the fact that our sender--a J

dear little maid

and just love them--as beautiful photographs

there is just an atmospheric-ness and luminosity about them that is its own very special thing

And then also a terrific tension between the intense smoke and the two bushes or trees on the horizon to its left

Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll hand thrown pottery bowls I love the fact thatI'm not in the least religious, but I find myself attracted to all sorts of religious objects, and this little doll feels pretty miraculous to me. The paper tag pinned to her dress is partially torn, but certainly read First Communion, and perhaps _ in Venezia (Venice) after that? So perhaps she was made as a souvenir doll, and an incredibly constructed one in any case, with carefully cut paper for her hands, one of which wraps around a fabric candle,