Face carved from walnut
| Description: |
What do you suppose this man is smiling about? Carved from a Walnut shell, this face is an example of folk art. Whether carved, painted, sculpted or stitched, folk art is created by artists without formal art training. Sometimes people passed the time whittling intricate chains, wooden puzzles, or faces of friends and family. Other folk artists may paint kitchen objects like jars or furniture. In each piece, the artist is telling us something about the world around him or her. What do you think the carver was feeling when he or she made this face? |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1993 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Carving (Decorative arts) Wood-carving Woodwork Walnut |
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