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A Little Wooden

Ace Comb Box, 1995 by Mary Sprague

Ace Comb Box, 1995 by Mary Sprague

Ace Comb Box, 1995 by Mary Sprague, countertop display case with the back side open. Interior of box would have held the inventory.

Artists assembly of poker chips, a basket, a japanese wood carving of a fish, all sitting on a plant stand.

Artists Assembly. Crayola Crayons are assembled on individual sticks and perched atop a face, essentially making them the hair. The base is a box with a drawer. The face is made of a candle stick, some wooden legs with casters for the eyes, and a carved bowl for the mouth.

The drawer of this artists assembly opens to reveal a collection of crayons crayons neatly arranged in the drawer.

Artists assembly of a mechanical drill press with a hippopotamus toy about to be drilled.

Detail photograph of an artists assembly of a drill press with a toy hippo about to be drilled.

Artists assembly of a drill press with a toy hippopotomus about to be drilled. This photo is a detail showing the hippos mouth is open in a scream as the drill comes down on his back.

Artists assembly of a huge collection of black shoe laces, on some wooden bowl and candle stick, atop a metal cage that has a huge horn or hook, all sitting in a town on three feet.

Artists assembly of a birch tree with a wooden ladder leaning on it's side. There are four artists models that seem to be working on building a birds nest at the top of the birch tree.

Artists assembly of a chest of drawers and a shoe form on top. The shoe form is connected by wires to a wooden pig that is about to release a catapult of some kind.

Artists assembly detail of a chest of drawers that has a wooden pig releasing a catapult.

Artists assembly of a wooden cart with four metal wheels. The cart holds a large vintage rigging block and steel cable pulley.

Artists assembly of a circus balancing act. The bear on top is balancing a ball on his nose. The bear is on a Chinese candle base, perched on a wooden stage.

An artists assembly of wooden pieces of block, trim, sledge hammer, and cutting board.

A different angle of the artists assembly of wooden pieces of block, trim, sledge hammer, and cutting board.

Artists assembly of a Lincoln log cabin as the base, a tree for a chimney, a smaller house with a man sitting on the roof.

Artists assembly of a sailing vessel using feathers, a pulley bell, a full sail on the ship, sitting on a finely carved wooden base.

Artists assembly of a giant steel screw with a wooden birdhouse sitting on top of the screw that is standing straight up. The whole thing is on a base with wheels.

Artists assembly of children's toys, blocks, toy pigs, all sitting atop a table.

Artists assembly of a wooden basket containing wooden clothes pins and nuts and a carved wooden shell.

Artists assembly of a wooden drawer on its side. The drawer has wooden cars and a police car and helicopter on top.

Artists assembly of a dark wooden base, two ceramic rhinoceros's sitting under a wooden gown with a wooden finial on top.

Artists assembly of a vintage wooden American Indian doll nestled into a papoose made of sticks and branches tied together.

Artists assembly of a horse. The horse is made of many wooden parts including a level used as the head, a bottle used as the torso and many clamps and dowels used as legs. There is one leg that is a piece of drift wood. The whole piece looks as if it's about to fall over, but it's not.

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