Old Mitten Shaped Steel Die for Leather Cutting (Smallest of Three) desk object executed in black ink on

executed in black ink on rice paper

They also make me think of friendship

with the little circles representing holes in the ice--portals to the underwater world--but rather love that the figures seem more interested in the seals swimming around them

as Smiley went on to earn her BA at Sarah Lawrence and to work as a painter and curator in NY  until moving to Wellesley

with the rings allowing it to be hung proudly on the wall in between ritual wieldings:)  I don't have much of an interest in swords

Old Mitten Shaped Steel Die for Leather Cutting (Smallest of Three) desk object executed in black ink onThis is the third of three old steel die I am listing, which would have been used to cut leather for gloves and, in this case, mittens. I also have the (very large and very heavy) maul that would have been used to pound them into the leather to cut it if you have an interest in that, just let me know! I love these as objects, both graphic and sculptural, and the handle makes a handy stand. Both the face and edges of the mitten shape show old red