Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree vintage Mexican serape saltillo I think these papier mache

I think these papier mache eggs are mini masterpieces

I do think this one would do a good job attracting other birds if perched near a feeder as it feels quite believable

but I rather like the directness of the brush without it

with its hand-sewn pink cloth wrapped ferrule

The walls of this bowl are thick

Andersen Design Studio Mid-Century Stoneware Vase with Tree vintage Mexican serape saltillo I think these papier macheI found this c. 1960s Andersen Design vase not far from where it was made, in East Boothbay, Maine. It's a quintessential example of the work of Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen, who founded the studio in 1952. To me it feels one part brutalist, one part organic modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an earthy brown. There were a few