Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy and just the most sparely

and just the most sparely carved features on the face

but none of the sides look more recently cut than any of the others

with great details from that sculptural hair to bangled wrists to fancy heels

The glazing is great too--a purplish-gray that is subtle but cheerful

He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood

Folk Art Pyrographed Flying Pheasant on Fungus Conk cowboy and just the most sparelyI found a great fungus conk pyrographed with an owl a month or two ago by the same maker that signed this one, both of which I purchased from the same dealer. As with that one, I love how this flying game bird, a pheasant I would guess, looks rather as if it emerged from the fungus conk itself, always there, and as roughly rendered as the craggy back side of the conk. I also like that it can be displayed sitting up, face front, or on its back, face