Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church war effort collection great red whiskers

great red whiskers

including the stuff of a patient's nightmares

both lending a lovely warmth to an already warm portrait

with scores handwritten at both ends of the board between the nails

Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church war effort collection great red whiskersI've seen a few miniature books carved of soapstone, and of course lots of Inuit sculpture, but I've never seen a house or a church or other sort of architectural structure as far as I know. This particular church feels close kin to the naive drawings of churches and houses and towns from long ago that I love so much, and with a compelling play of flatness and depth to it too, as if veering back and forth between drawing or sculpture. With a lot of