The Circulatory System! cast and forged iron 2 3/16" l x 1

2 3/16" l x 1 1/16" w

it bears a strong resemblance to Californian Architectural Pottery pieces  from the 1950s and 1960s

look at that face

the other black and white--and though I am offering them for sale separately

a children’s and nurse’s dining room and thirty sleeping rooms painted in robin’s egg blue

The Circulatory System! cast and forged iron 2 3/16" l x 1No way could I resist this one, purchased from the great Chuck Auerbach at the Deerfield show in New Hampshire I imagine done as a school project, or perhaps for a science fair, many years ago. I always love an awkwardly but effort fully hand drawn face on a diagrammatic body, which makes the whole thing feel highly subjective and the proportion of head to body is especially great here! The arteries and veins were executed in modeling clay, sculpted