Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool gumps san francisco knowlouisiana

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but it is the gestural application of the blue glaze that really makes this one

which is applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object

a wax casting method that has been used in India for over 4

Primitive White Painted Red Elm Tiered Milking Stool gumps san francisco knowlouisianaHad I not spent a couple of years working on a farm, I am not sure I would have known that this unusual tiered painted wood object (while also a remarkable piece of sculpture!) is in fact an old handmade milking stool. While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked, a milking stool came in pretty handy for fitting between narrow aisles in our greenhouses and sitting upon for labor intensive picking, like green beans! Im