Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket wooden flower and also making me think

and also making me think of a rhinoceros--though of course its forest green-ness makes it really none of the above

Graphite and crayon/colored pencil on paper

with a couple of rim chips as documented

and the "tail" arching from its hind to its base

I love anything in old green paint of this shade

Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket wooden flower and also making me thinkMy favorite find of the week and since finding a large, wound barbed wire ball a month or so ago, which I might have sold 20 times over, I've had a keen eye out for old barbed wire, though I never expected a beautifully crafted basket to land in my proverbial lap! For me, this is about both its emphatic materiality, and its transcendence an uncanny thing, more a sculpture than a functional object, though it is quite a sturdy basket should one wish to