Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig and they ought to be

and they ought to be planted in vessels worthy of them

a hardware merchant and ship chandler

The drippy green glazing

and especially folk artists in and and around Quebec

I believe it was done in tempera

Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig and they ought to beThese wonderful things! With their great color combinations and especially their fantastically shaped hats and bases, they remind me think a bit of Constructivist sculpture and even more so of the costumes in Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), but their sweet hand drawn faces are pure folk. The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles, with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases, just