We looooove PeePaw and his creations, this PeePaw was particularly organized creating painted coffee cans to store a myriad of different fasteners. Picture these vessels as an adventurous accent to an already daring living space.
Set of 33. Call for price.
Two Northwestern American Indian inspired wooden faces, possibly an early Boy Scout project. Each measure just over 14 inches in height. They remind my ass of Bert and Ernie.
$125 the pair.
Memory Jugs, like the two found below, were traditionally made from a bottle, jug, bowl or other vessel and have been found on the graves of loved ones and those long since past. They are not always associated with the dead, however, as a Memory Jug can commemorate an event or a period in ones life. Often they are decorated with trinkets including seashells, glass shards, jewelry, coins mirrors, or other visual reminders of a loved one. $115 Each.
THIS is a great photo bottle Whimsey dated 1946. call us for a price.
Most familiar in the form of a ship-in-a-bottle, whimsey bottles were actually created in a variety of motifs, created mostly by those in isolated, confined or alienated situations, like sailors, farmers, prisoners or lumbermen. Because they required so much time and focus, whimsey bottles were usually made to help pass the time or allay loneliness, or to distract the mind. They offered demonstrations of skill and tokens of affection for those returning home.
Alcoholics and the chronically ill also created those whimseys which were almost always made from liquor or over-the-counter medicine bottles. The original contents killed pain, loneliness or time, the creation of what replaced the liquids may have served the same function. Sometimes after the constructions were finished the bottles were refilled with water to simulate alcohol.
Created with patience and skill, the bottles themselves were never altered. What was wider than the mouth of the bottle had to be folded outside the bottle and opened inside, or glued, hinged or assembled once inside, using tweezers, scalpels, pliers and probes. Except for the bottle-in-a-ship whimsies, these bottles stand upright.
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“The Message in the Bottle” by B.H. Friedman, Art in America, March, 1981
Bruce and Julie Webb came to Dallas to restock their booth and this is the final result!! If you are unfamiliar with the Webbs or their fabulous outsider/folk art gallery in Waxahachie, you can find out more info at webbartgallery.com.