Penny Covered Folk Art Bottle porcelain bowls handwoven from sweetgrass and ash

handwoven from sweetgrass and ash splints

with some damage to the splint ash that holds one of the handles in place (the ash shows cracking

Inside are five lacquer bowls of diminishing size

including that little sight at the end of the barrel

and also how much it feels so much of a certain moment in time and consciousness

Penny Covered Folk Art Bottle porcelain bowls handwoven from sweetgrass and ashI'm not really sure whether to call this penny covered bottle folk art or tramp art or just plain crafty, but I rather love it. Part of what I think makes it great is its utter impracticality this thing weighs about 10 pounds! so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled, it would be quite a thing to pour from! I also love the tenacity heroicism, really of its maker, who persisted in gluing these pennies one by one, layer by layer,