The Circulatory System! pen nib box (There are two holes in

(There are two holes in her backside

I think this is especially great hung on the wall with small nails in a few places at different heights so that it slinks across the wall a bit

but I think it may be my favorite--elegantly carved with eye-shaped openings on each side exposing a very round ball inside--and the very first grain-painted whimsy I have ever seen

which is grayish brown

Though he's lost a fair amount of paint over the past 100 years or so

The Circulatory System! pen nib box (There are two holes inNo way could I resist this one, purchased from the great Chuck Auerbach at the Deerfield show in New Hampshire I imagine done as a school project, or perhaps for a science fair, many years ago. I always love an awkwardly but effort fully hand drawn face on a diagrammatic body, which makes the whole thing feel highly subjective and the proportion of head to body is especially great here! The arteries and veins were executed in modeling clay, sculpted