Extra Large Stone Fruit Orange picture frame with bird early set of celluloid checkers

early set of celluloid checkers or draughts pieces to encourage putting those old checker boards to use

with Norman Arsenault at the Boston Museum School

Clearly this one

and there is certainly wear to the tunic though it remains pretty well intact--I rather love it more for the wear

clean and bright and bold

Extra Large Stone Fruit Orange picture frame with bird early set of celluloid checkersA huge stone fruit orange, which almost feels as if made of cast iron it is heavy! Most often with stone fruit is is the subtleties that get me the veins and bruises and color variation but in this case it is the completely iconic feeling of this big, very orange orange, as if just having arrived in a crate from Florida or California (and really it makes me want to stick a straw right in it!) I'm also rather amazed at the ability to carve stone to