Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography hand-carved wooden animal vessel with the lines delineating the

with the lines delineating the siding

This super sculptural

2" x 5 1/2"

I love how this 1980s “Java Jig” porcelain sugar bowl by California ceramicist Michael Lambert (b

from whatever materials they had at hand--but my guess is that this small lidded box is an example

Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography hand-carved wooden animal vessel with the lines delineating theI've certainly seen Mexican folk art cobbler's forms completely covered with Milagros, but I had not seen a painted on before though have since learned this too is a genre. This is by far the best example I've found, painted with the face of Christ on the toe, and then imagery related to the crucifixion on all sides (nails for the cross, tools of torture, Judas' bag of silver.) Perhaps not for everyone but I really love both the manner of the painting