Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed From 1965 until 1967 Hennix

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

though I'm honestly not sure what the metal is

Pretty great just hung on the wall though

though I love the image and the mystery all the same

I grew up with a horse-headed pottery vessel similar to this one

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants copper glazed From 1965 until 1967 HennixSuch 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