Wonderfully Awkward Still Life with Insect on Stem, House on Reverse, Henry Hinkel, 1913 Drawing , Lancaster NY carved head it feels like bringing a

it feels like bringing a little piece of the ocean or sky inside

I'd guess early-ish 20th century

The embroidery along the top edge is especially lovely

exquisitely crafted object that I find unbelievably beautiful and powerful

Hand-painted and finely made

Wonderfully Awkward Still Life with Insect on Stem, House on Reverse, Henry Hinkel, 1913 Drawing , Lancaster NY carved head it feels like bringing aOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it. I just love the wonkiness of this still life basket of fruit, looking as if the arrangement itself was composed by young Henry himself, without much of a mind to balance! And with this wonderful little purple bug (looking a bit like a sheep with antennae) marching toward the end of the stem. And