Girl and Her Chicks, Sweet Old Postage Stamp Collage Postcard portraitas Since finding an exquisitely bruised-looking

Since finding an exquisitely bruised-looking old stone fruit peach

and the color in photos is pretty true--it's a great sort of soft salmon color

I am pretty certain the knobs and inlaid details on this one are carved of ivory

but for me it brings the form of modernist sculpture to pure make do construction

Girl and Her Chicks, Sweet Old Postage Stamp Collage Postcard portraitas Since finding an exquisitely bruised-lookingSuch a curious thing were old postage stamp collage postcards like this one, and I think this is quite a sweet example, with an excellent use of George Washington's head facing in opposite directions for our girl's purple dress, and perfectly placed "10"s for the heads of those yellow chicks! With watercolor ground and ink drawn details, and a message on reverse noting that it was "an elderly woman over 80 years of age" who made the card. 5 1 2 x 3 9