Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins vintage Otagiri japan vase it feels as if it

it feels as if it contains the wisdom of the universe in the spiral of its shell

I also really love the names of some of the colors: "soft Wedgwood blue"

so tears or fraying

but of note is the fact that the mouth does open and close

Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins vintage Otagiri japan vase it feels as if itBetween its form and its fabulous handcut metal fins, this old handmade wooden submarine reminds me very much of folk art ice fishing lures, but there is no iron weight on its underside, so I think maybe it's just its own funky thing? It was constructed of two pieces of wood, nailed to one another all the way around with nice fat nails, and then more nails holding on the various super folky rudders and what not. At either end is a hole, which makes