Old Hand Shaped Steel Die for Leather Cutting (Mid Size of Three) antique Mexican folk art and the green over creamy

and the green over creamy white glaze is just lovely

hard not to feel cheerful with this nearby

Something related to spinning wool

but I can just picture him sitting at his work table using it to examine and perhaps tinker old watches

I've found some citations of art reviews he wrote for the Chicago Reader in the 1980s

Old Hand Shaped Steel Die for Leather Cutting (Mid Size of Three) antique Mexican folk art and the green over creamyThis is the second of three old steel die I am listing, this one slightly smaller and not quite as heavy as the first, which would have been used to cut leather for gloves and mittens. I also have the (very large and very heavy) maul that would have been used to pound them into the leather to cut it if you have an interest in that, just let me know! I love these as objects, both graphic and sculptural, and the handle makes a handy stand. Both the face