Antique Hex Type Crayon Star by Pennsylvania Folk Artist Wayne B. Blouch (#6) steel plummet I spend many many hours

I spend many many hours creating--and performing for whoever would watch--dance routines of all sorts in the backyard

I am guessing 1930s or early 40s

Beautifully crafted

but they were made by Creative Playthings in their heyday of producing fabulous teaching toys

Their maker certainly had a way with faces

Antique Hex Type Crayon Star by Pennsylvania Folk Artist Wayne B. Blouch (#6) steel plummet I spend many many hoursAnother hex type star from a portfolio of antique drawings by Pennsylvania folk outsider artist Wayne B. Blouch of Lancaster, PA I had four of these previously, all wonderfully distinct, and just got two more in. These were owned by art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst, who taught at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, PA for over 10 years, which may be when she acquired them. There is not much out there about Blouch except a