Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed which inspired a pair of

which inspired a pair of Staffordshire figures

From 1965 until 1967 Hennix worked as a designer at Johansfors glass works

at which point we couldn't reach for the nutcrackers fast enough

And what a chair it is

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed which inspired a pair ofSuch a funny little fellow! And a pretty great one I think, not very skillfully whittled, but full of personality! The painted face, and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes, keeps reminding me of the work of the late great Joyce Pensato; like her paintings of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, this little doll feels decidedly animate. And while the cloth pants legs feel a bit secondary, I think they are actually the perfect thing; awkward