Japanese Vintage Wooden Puzzle Cubes - Sold Individually handmade animal too--large enough to hold all

too--large enough to hold all sorts of sewing supplies inside

A pretty pair to set somewhere to admire if not to put the ball to use mending a sock now and then

I've really fallen in love with the relatively simple but dynamic surface decoration on traditional Acoma pottery

brittle and torn but still holding together

It seems to me to show the influence of South American figurative pottery (Shipibo pottery comes to mind)

Japanese Vintage Wooden Puzzle Cubes - Sold Individually handmade animal too--large enough to hold allI think it is likely a sign of these times, but everywhere I go physically and virtually I find myself picking up wooden puzzles. These two are Japanese, and I must admit I am wary of taken more than a few pieces apart for fear of not being able to put them back together. It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin; it took me a minute to find which piece on each had a little give to allow the taking apart process to begin and the