Beautifully Crafted Antique Carved Wood and Woven Ash Splint Chair document box and also Black Mountain College

and also Black Mountain College

A symbol of transition and transformation

Brooks would done with it clearly a great many times

Another thing I like about her is that I can't quite pin her down--definitely she feels fairly stoic and intense (with pencil-drawn pupils that seem as if they might emit laser-beams)

I really love these wire baskets

Beautifully Crafted Antique Carved Wood and Woven Ash Splint Chair document box and also Black Mountain CollegeOne sees doll chairs and benches in this manner around these parts from time to time usually referred to as Adirondack but I don't think I've ever seen one as lovely as perfectly aged as this one, which feels like pure sculpture to me. Late ish 19th century I believe, the frame of the chair was carved in pieces with tiny nails used to secure them where the pieces meet, with bent twigs for the sides and woven ash splint I believe for the back and seat.