Carved Buoy with Great Form and Rainbow of Scuffs kinetic toy or a folk art recreation

or a folk art recreation of one

Made for a classroom or playroom I'd think

I fell in love with a brightly painted folk art parrot painting in an excellent taqueria

it reminds me of the wonders of wax resist

6 3/4" x 4 1/8"

Carved Buoy with Great Form and Rainbow of Scuffs kinetic toy or a folk art recreationThe shape of this old carved wood buoy does it for me, with the sway of the form making with think of a human figure, back arched and belly protruding. What makes it really beautiful to me, though, is the surface patina, particularly how the white paint shows a rainbow of scuffs and stains accumulated through banging up against other things. Like a 3 dimensional painting that might happily live next to a Frank Stella or Richard Tuttle, and I'd treat