Inuit Carved Stone Seal on Rock handmade wooden toys and really like the grey

and really like the grey patterned borders on these and the orange fans at their centers

this one a hand-painted folk art boot scraper with a really fantastic painted surface

Overall great antique condition with a terrific patina

though with such personality I think they're equally great just standing still

submitted it to a competition

Inuit Carved Stone Seal on Rock handmade wooden toys and really like the greyThe last from this recent batch of Inuit stone carvings, and perhaps my favorite of all, with the seal carved and polished to a very satisfying smoothness, amplified by contrast to the rougher slab of stone below. I find seals such compelling and endearing creatures, especially for their combination of grace in the water and awkwardness on land, and this carving holds the two in balance I think, with its head stretching forward as if just about to