Fabulous Red and White Painted Folk Art Sewing Bird (Duck) with Drawer colorful wooden dog a bit of cracking to

a bit of cracking to the splint here and there

with black ink (I think maybe combined with crayon and/or paint) for the hair and red for the cheeks and mouth

I find abacus' rewardingly useful for tracking of all sorts of things (i

and about the most tender expression of love and connection that I can imagine

where she studied art with Sergel Vinogradov in Riga

Fabulous Red and White Painted Folk Art Sewing Bird (Duck) with Drawer colorful wooden dog a bit of cracking toI've seen a fair number of vintage "sewing birds" around handy things, housing scissors, thread, and other sewing supplies but I have never seen another as good as this one! It's definitely the paint job that really makes it the perfect creamy white and blood red combo, with a great face on the duck and fabulous brush mark dabs all over. But the design is very good too, with a super long pull out drawer, spool holder posts along both sides, a hole for