Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque ink drawings I am selling them individually

I am selling them individually

Around this time

The two began creating pottery in 1947 as a hobby while living in New Brunswick

and most red painted on at least one side--which are yours if you'd like them

they thus become studies in theme and variation

Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque ink drawings I am selling them individuallySometimes matchstick tramp art can feel a bit kitschy, but this is really something else entirely. No burnt ends, no varnish over top, just the beautifully irregular linear patterns of the cut matchsticks laid down end to end, one after the other, interrupted only by the simple outlines of three stars. All having acquired a gorgeous warm dry wood patina that, together with the geometries, makes it feel almost like a painting, and it is actually Jasper