Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket wooden flower I pulled these two drawings

I pulled these two drawings out of a pile and know nothing of who made them

so offer them here as a pair for now

I love anything in old green paint of this shade

with a couple of rim chips as documented

and the "tail" arching from its hind to its base

Stunning, Sculptural Old Folk Art Barbed Wire Basket wooden flower I pulled these two drawingsMy favorite find of the week and since finding a large, wound barbed wire ball a month or so ago, which I might have sold 20 times over, I've had a keen eye out for old barbed wire, though I never expected a beautifully crafted basket to land in my proverbial lap! For me, this is about both its emphatic materiality, and its transcendence an uncanny thing, more a sculpture than a functional object, though it is quite a sturdy basket should one wish to