Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving wooden bottles frosted and etched

frosted and etched

(And a great preliminary sketch on the reverse side

and I remember spending hours building with them

No way to loose track of one's spools or scissors with this guy around--though I think even if one hasn't sewed a stitch in one's life

and great in the hand--I would probably hang it on the wall (probably via a couple of tiny nails between the teeth) or simply set it on a tray with a few other lovely and interesting things

Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving wooden bottles frosted and etchedI really love this relief carving, surely inspired by an image on a Grecian urn or something along those lines, and I have to think one with a bacchanalian theme, as she grips a bunch of grapes in her raised hand. (Perhaps he is reaching for one with his extended arm, too!) Such wonderfully folky faces, hers tiny in comparison the the rest of her body, with great curtain of hair hanging down as he holds her, with a (very large!) hand at her waist. The