Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles animal shaped or dinner party table

or dinner party table

Definitely it was done many years ago--in magic marker I believe--as the paper is pretty brittle

which still pops

)  I've learned that she is one of a set of 16 such dolls

I am completely enchanted by its intricate nest of forms

Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles animal shaped or dinner party tableThese wonderful things! With their great color combinations and especially their fantastically shaped hats and bases, they remind me think a bit of Constructivist sculpture and even more so of the costumes in Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), but their sweet hand drawn faces are pure folk. The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles, with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases, just