Mid 20th Century French Glaze Test Plate, Orange-Brun Spectrum pre-columbian mexican but this one is especially

but this one is especially good in its crudeness and weirdness

and the carving of the face reminds me a lot of Inuit carved stone heads

imposter syndrome and all the pressures of being a person in the world

The ferrule (the wooden head to which the bristles attach) is stained a very dark brown

particularly to the first finger

Mid 20th Century French Glaze Test Plate, Orange-Brun Spectrum pre-columbian mexican but this one is especiallyI was thrilled to find a mid century Royal Copenhagen glaze test plate in shades of blue this summer and equally thrilled to find this unmarked French one, in autumnal shades of brown and orange, this week in Maine, feeling just right for the season. I've kept an eye out for these for years, and pretty much never come across them; they are scarce things, made for internal use at the studio or factory, to test and serve as reference for the specific