Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull crochet sample book which is a pottery studio

which is a pottery studio in Gouldsboro

freeing up their hands for sewing or trimming the leather

5" tall x 3 3/4" in diameter

(There are two holes in her backside

Zebra is 3 1/8" l  x 2 3/8" t x 3/4" w

Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull crochet sample book which is a pottery studioThis wonderful seagull, carved of wood and polychromed, has a familiarity about it to me, as if done by an artist whose work I have seen somewhere but can't place. It's definitely not your average seagull, I really think done by someone known, and something tells me from Nova Scotia but that's just a hunch. The painterly white head with mossy green yellow tipped beak is just glorious, and I love the way it stands balanced on tail features with wire