Seated Woman in Profile Mid-Century Relief Carving Willem Klinj drawing with really a fantastic surface

with really a fantastic surface

and the piece makes a nice sculptural canister for all sorts of things--I might fill it with sugar or tea bags to put on the table at coffee or tea time

carefully braided black thread hair

a philanthropic organization founded by Sir Wilfred Grenfell in 1892 as a branch of The Royal National Mission

Seated Woman in Profile Mid-Century Relief Carving Willem Klinj drawing with really a fantastic surfaceThe soundtrack playing in my head when I look at this carving is Dolly Parton singing 9 to 5 her posture, and the combination of outstretched fingers on one hand and the other raised to her temple, suggest that she's endured a day, or quite a few, but still she looks quite self possessed, as if perhaps plotting to overthrow the system! Maybe that's just me, but pretty hard not to project a story onto this one I think, perfectly posed between sofa and