Patrick Meyer Brutalist Style Cast Pewter Salt and Pepper Shakers-reserved for KS Mexican folk art animals with glazes --one a painterly

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

I've been looking at a lot of whimsy chains carved from one piece of wood

It is signed -- once below the text

with his great elongated body seeming poised and ready to take off swimming

with what appear to be handwritten numbers on the recessed wood tiles

Patrick Meyer Brutalist Style Cast Pewter Salt and Pepper Shakers-reserved for KS Mexican folk art animals with glazes --one a painterlyI think these cast pewter salt and pepper shakers (or maybe technically a pair of salts, though think they could go either way) make for great little tabletop sculptures, functional to boot. I love the combo of the smooth tops and roughly textured sides, with the tiered, tapering forms giving them an architectural feel. I've learned they are by Patrick Meyer, who worked as a metalsmith and jewelry designer in Paris before establishing a studio in San