Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face Punch and Judy dagger in the other

dagger in the other

was such a great failure that he moved to Washington

I assume the word preceding Greyhound on this one is meant to be Italian

If I had to choose a favorite piece of furniture

and find this one both exquisitely beautiful in the way it is rendered and quite poetic in its perfect matter of factness

Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face Punch and Judy dagger in the otherNo way could I not bring this little woman home, who I found a few days ago in New Hampshire. At first I took her for a nun, but now I think more likely she was meant to be a pilgrim. Her maker did a pretty brilliant job with her crepe paper dress, especially the almost origami like wrap of her bonnet turning into shawl, knotted in the back. There are pipe cleaners under her sleeves for arms, and a wooden torso, animated with this great pencil drawn