Betty's Checkerboard Cat on Wood Panel inventive sculpture for display rather than playing

for display rather than playing with for sure

carved from one piece of wood

The surface is worn and aged in just the right way

3" tall x 3" diameter and in excellent condition

in Japanese--made of native clay and known for its bold designs

Betty's Checkerboard Cat on Wood Panel inventive sculpture for display rather than playingI really wish I had other works by the Betty Groose (or similar), who made this in Miss Adams' classroom, grade school I would guess. It's almost as if she was anticipating the digital age, dividing the cat into pixels, though seems more likely she might first have taken a stab at it using graph paper, and then recreated it free hand much better with the squares getting a little wonky here and there. Just great. 9 13 16" w x 7" t x 1 4" d. Crayon on