Curious Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure alder wood and with its big knobs

and with its big knobs on either end

who established the studio in 2000 and make functional wood-fired pottery

such that it really takes moving around her to see her--and even then one's sense of her keeps shifting

which I assume dates to the 1940s

no splits or cracks

Curious Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure alder wood and with its big knobsA few weeks ago, I found a stone carved figure in Maine clearly made by the same person as this one, and upon going back to source found this one which I had missed the first time around. With the hair the figure looks female to me, and, especially based on the other (one photo included in pics) think perhaps meant to represent an athlete of some sort, perhaps preparing to get on her feet, push off, and run. I love the sense of poise and latent power