Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail wise man then later taught at Washington

then later taught at Washington University in St

red and yellow painted carved wheels

Each photo measures approx 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

and these great wings that also feel a bit like cresting waves

where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger their wings to raise and beaks to open --perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail wise man then later taught at WashingtonI 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