Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands carved wooden toy or wrapping cloth

or wrapping cloth

” This renowned Burmese lacquer-ware is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash

The piece has been sewn onto metal dowels for hanging--exposed at the top (giving it a sort of medieval quality) and enclosed at the bottom

It is of the scale and substance that it would work well both indoors and out

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Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands carved wooden toy or wrapping clothI found this wonderful sculpture at the estate sale of an artist, though I do not know its maker. I love its clunkiness, and the creativity of the artist, who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits. It is equally great from front or back, and perhaps especially the back! And I really love the long, extended arms of this man and woman as they reach out for one another, giving