Seated Woman in Profile Mid-Century Relief Carving Willem Klinj drawing very finely made bowls

very finely made bowls

with really a fantastic surface

and the piece makes a nice sculptural canister for all sorts of things--I might fill it with sugar or tea bags to put on the table at coffee or tea time

and would make mixing cocktails all the more fun

Seated Woman in Profile Mid-Century Relief Carving Willem Klinj drawing very finely made bowlsThe soundtrack playing in my head when I look at this carving is Dolly Parton singing 9 to 5 her posture, and the combination of outstretched fingers on one hand and the other raised to her temple, suggest that she's endured a day, or quite a few, but still she looks quite self possessed, as if perhaps plotting to overthrow the system! Maybe that's just me, but pretty hard not to project a story onto this one I think, perfectly posed between sofa and