Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch scale model she is only attached to

she is only attached to the vertical plank

is justifiably signed on the back: Blanche Wood (what a name

with a satisfying scale and weight--a pleasure to use but also nice just sitting on the shelf

with all sorts of irregularity to the shapes of the bone fronts

University of Delaware

Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch scale model she is only attached toI really love the marbleized paint on this tin cutout bird on branch, making it feel a bit as if hovering in the shadows, or maybe persevering through snow and rain and wind. I believe tin cutouts like this were sometime used as quilt templates; whether that is the case with this one I am not sure, but it seems to have age to it. I might hang it in a corner fairly high up as if perched in a tree top and keeping watch. 9 3 4" t x 4 1 2" and in very