Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear antique fading photo frame a simple ball in cage

a simple ball in cage

whose work I really love and have had several pieces by in the shop

particularly along one side near the top edge

The orange painted base (made of particle board I believe) is weathered—this definitely spent some time out doors— but it’s sturdy and stable

but it appears to me all of the cakes are original to it

Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear antique fading photo frame a simple ball in cageLove. This Inuit carved stone polar bear, lying flat on its belly, goes beyond representing the animal to, I think, represent a whole state of being! (Which also feels like the essence of hibernation, which I myself am especially disposed toward right now:)) I love too that its two front legs and head extending forward evince a hand laid flat, and also make me think of the incoming tide, creeping toward shore. Wonderfully matter of fact, and also