Much Loved Xacto Knife Box & Blades Coushatta basket pull the handle

pull the handle

faintly speckled lower half rather reminds one of a robin's egg

Titled “A Pregnant Woman

and passed the craft on to his children who continue to produce totems and smaller pieces like this one

Victoria and Albert Museum London

Much Loved Xacto Knife Box & Blades Coushatta basket pull the handleMaybe it's just me, but I find this battered vintage X ACTO knife box, with its dense pattern of cuts and wounds, terrifically beautiful. If anything ever had a warm patina, this would be it, and knowing that it came from the estate of a very prolific artist makes it easy to imagine that the trusty set of tools inside have lived a very active life. I. especially love the yellow painted square with the X ACTO man graphic in the left corner, persisting