DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil bird with flowers to protect them from the

to protect them from the cats

I’d hang these vintage Japanese fans on the wall immediately to enjoy them as the gorgeous objects that they are all winter long—and to be reminded that summer will come again

Jones used opaque paint to embellish his sculptures

someone disarmed him at some point long ago and seems to have given him pants to boot

but very warm and heartfelt

DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil bird with flowers to protect them from theSix months ago or so, I found the counterpoint stencil to this one GOLDEN ENGINE in the Hudson River Valley; this week I returned to the same shop and found DARK ENGINE waiting for me! As before, the dealer noted that this had come from a prominent area collection, from which I guess they are doling out one stencil at a time. Before I imagined that Golden Engine had been used to stencil the hood or maybe the sides of a race car many years ago, and