Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque ink drawings Much of the content relates

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the wood on this one was left dry and has accrued a beautiful warm patina

with one black and one white paw at front

I'm not over my obsession with old clay marbles

Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque ink drawings Much of the content relatesSometimes matchstick tramp art can feel a bit kitschy, but this is really something else entirely. No burnt ends, no varnish over top, just the beautifully irregular linear patterns of the cut matchsticks laid down end to end, one after the other, interrupted only by the simple outlines of three stars. All having acquired a gorgeous warm dry wood patina that, together with the geometries, makes it feel almost like a painting, and it is actually Jasper