Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands small sculpture are rendered in brown polished

are rendered in brown polished stone

and raise a glass high to its creative

I think this beautifully constructed

and was created to represent the month of October in a limited edition calendar produced by the Yoseido Gallery

This charming Japanese dragon-shaped cast iron or lead flower / ikebana frog I believe dates from the 1930s

Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands small sculpture are rendered in brown polishedI found this wonderful sculpture at the estate sale of an artist, though I do not know its maker. I love its clunkiness, and the creativity of the artist, who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits. It is equally great from front or back, and perhaps especially the back! And I really love the long, extended arms of this man and woman as they reach out for one another, giving