MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina dialing freedom and constraint

freedom and constraint

I come across a good number of Wabanaki (NE Woodlands Native American confederacy of tribes comprised of Abenaki

Here it is three wonderful kangaroos that animate the surface of the boomerang — hard to see in overall photos but clear in details and much better in person

(Body is more stiff than soft

MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina dialing freedom and constraintThere are neat and crisp match stick boxes and then there are soulful old folk art boxes constructed of matchsticks, and this is very much the latter. I know match sticks creations were often made in prisons, though not exclusively this one, with cross at center and dedicated to MOTHER, has the feeling of prison art to me, but I don't know for sure. An old one and a very folky one whatever the case, with those flowers to either side of the the T in