Curious Old Long Necked Golden Bird on Cork Base color field seams holding tight

seams holding tight

Print block itself

and which seem to reflect two distinct personalties

Voluptuous and super visceral

Curious Old Long Necked Golden Bird on Cork Base color field seams holding tightI purchased this bird from a dealer based in Iowa City who always has lovely and unusual things, and I think it is very much both of those. I am not completely certain whether made of wood or papier mache it looks as though the head, made as a separate piece, shows wood, visible around the eyes, but I think the body is papier mache, likely formed over a wire armature. Whatever the case, with a wonderful sort of mystery and otherworldliness about it I