Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball matchsticks but is also lovely just

but is also lovely just for display

I have so much to learn about textiles and weaving traditions

who draws inspiration from sources including Native American craft

Massachusetts

presumed mid-century

Fabulous Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of Seal or Sea Lion Balancing Ball matchsticks but is also lovely justI found this painted wood sculpture of a seal or sea lion balancing a ball at the estate sale of an artist, architect and MIT librarian and fell in love with it at once. I know nothing of its origins, and it is unsigned, but I think it is absolutely fantastic! Carved from what looks to be one piece of wood, its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow, pink, purple, white and a lighter green. And then that face!