Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark willimansett At first I took this

At first I took this small vase with its terrific patterning as an Art Deco piece

Established in 1952 by Weston and Brenda Andersen and still in operation

Maine-based ceramicist Jeffrey Lipton

or tea bags--is a great example

This hand thrown

Carved Old Wooden Mountain Man Hermit with Bark willimansett At first I took thisI guess these sorts of men, carved out of (into?) a knotty old piece of wood with bark still on it, are often referred to as mountain men, or wood spirits. I think of this guy as more of a hermit, and in fact he makes me think of Saint Francis in the wild, living at peace among the forest and animals. Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light!), he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old; the wood is worn smooth with a