Vintage Folk Art Penguin, Signed H. Sloan, Maine arts and crafts watercolor with all of the wire

with all of the wire still well attached

and put back together

screws open to reveal a teeny tiny carved chick inside

" I'm not entirely sure the nature of instruction

I would have killed to have one of these when I was a kid playing waitress--and must say it's given me a good amount of pleasure playing with it now

Vintage Folk Art Penguin, Signed H. Sloan, Maine arts and crafts watercolor with all of the wireThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. I rather like that he didn't just stick to birds found in Maine, as evidenced in this very sweet penguin, whose posture, and demeanor too, feel just right. 6 1 8" t x 1 3