Carved Folk Art Yarn Winder in a Bottle Whimsy Lucian Vogel publication and I have now found

and I have now found a few examples of others similar--all quite extraordinary (and quite precious

then painting a thin red line for the lips

This large hand thrown ceramic vase features bold

This finely made

The snowy ground

Carved Folk Art Yarn Winder in a Bottle Whimsy Lucian Vogel publication and I have now foundI've long been marveling at wooden whimsy chains carved from one piece of wood, but since discovering the world of winders in bottles also called "Niddy Noddies" I'm even more astounded! I found this one at Brimfield and have looked at a lot since and while there are some more elaborate, I really love the elegance of this one, with its four posted winder standing upright, squarely wrapped in what was once I imagine bright red, white and blue silk