The long-winded-ness sounded a bit AI-ish, but there was also enough personality and idiosyncrasy to make me pause before concluding that. Perhaps...
The sound is kinda a 'clack,' not like stone and not like glass. Duller than those. So, plastic of some sort I guess.
Makes sense. Thanks AJ.
There's no noticeable temperature difference when I touch them-- about the same as ambient temp.
I found this portrait at an estate sale. When I asked about it, the son told me that when he was a child his family had lived in Pakistan and that...
I'm hoping for any comments / info on this garage-sale necklace. AI says they're faux jade lucite. They look like grapes to me ;). They almost...
That's weird... Poof!
We have a print of Edward Hopper's "Early Sunday Morning." I love the whimsical barber's pole in the otherwise lonely composition. [ATTACH]
Cool graphics! So dramatic. Some have the vibe of those over-the-top Communist aesthetics. Some also remind me a bit of Oaxacan block print art...
Frog coming out of his mouth; not sure what's coming out of the eyes....
Thanks for the research and interest, @Christine Steingass! I shoulda been more deliberate with taking note of the carvers / artists. Next time I...
Most of them were donated by a husband / wife collector team, George and Colleen Hoyt: https://hfma.willamette.edu/collections/hoyt/
That mountain goat mask was made from mountain goat fur. Pretty cool!
I should have included pics of the carvers.... but the names were familiar: Hunt, Williams, a cool Susan Point glass piece...
Went to a small museum in Salem Oregon yesterday, the Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette University, and thought by far the most interesting room...
Actually heard back from the artist / artist's studio: it is not his, sorry to say.
Glad you're posting!
I just sent a message w a pic. I'll let you know if I get a response.
Maybe 'Barnhart'? That might actually work.
B-a-something-hart?
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