Antique Heavy Brass Horseshoe Mounted to Ship Painting on Wood four sided ruler a pretty terrific chicken--rooster

a pretty terrific chicken--rooster

but I think photos make it look dirtier than it is

This is a limited edition stone-cut (from an edition of 24 I believe) hand-printed at the Holman Eskimo Co-operative in Holman

It seems there are two layers

with the backs of several of the colored hearts showing that they were cut from some other sort of printed matter too

Antique Heavy Brass Horseshoe Mounted to Ship Painting on Wood four sided ruler a pretty terrific chicken--roosterA perfect one for a sailor, to bring good luck whenever he or she sets out to sea, though surely a sailboat is also a good metaphor for venturing out in the world generally, so a good one for everyone! This is quite an old horseshoe, hand forged of iron I believe and painted what is now a much mellowed gold. It was mounted to a piece of wood, pine I think, now with a very dark dry patina on the back where exposed, and on the facing side this lovely