c. 1940s Folk Art Matchbook Wreath crane shaped sewing scissors and crystalline green glaze pooling

and crystalline green glaze pooling in crags and crevices here and there

and stands up straight and sturdy on its feet

who lived and worked in Paris (1928-1940) then Zurich

another with a photo of a wonderfully serious looking older couple

c. 1940s Folk Art Matchbook Wreath crane shaped sewing scissors and crystalline green glaze poolingI've had a few cigarette pack folk art creations, but never one made from matchbooks, and what a great looking thing which also feels all about potential, holding in itself a whole lot of capacity for combustion! Made up of a variety of different matchbooks, grouped in segments, adding up to a whole lot of terrific found color and pattern, with it seems a careful eye by its maker to choose reds and blues and yellows. I'm not entirely sure what one was