Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art I just love the watercolor-like

I just love the watercolor-like blue on blue stripes

as opposed to many "wood spirit" carvings--faces carved into branches with the bark on them--which are pretty kitschy

Skillfully done

all hand-embroidered

Sweet Family of Carved Animals op art I just love the watercolor-likeI found these together in a box, clearly carved by the same maker, and I believe the same maker as a bunch of heads chess pieces carved of old wood spools, listed separately. I love the whole lot of these, but it makes me especially happy that there is a tiny turtle smiling among them! The posture of what I take as a sitting bear is pretty wonderful too, as is that little elephant, and the tiny head on much taller body of whatever that tallest