Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider hand thrown bowl Carved of marble and weighing

Carved of marble and weighing about 6 1/2 pounds

done for a course at MIT c

There is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935-2013) who created this print as well as several others I am listing from around the same time

and with the deep blue of the eyes cast to one side making it seem that this child is witnessing something quite phenomenal

Triple Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy with Slider hand thrown bowl Carved of marble and weighingBecause I can never resist a good whimsy, and this is a bit of an unusual one, with the top section looking like a little box an enclosed cage of sorts with slide lids on either side. (The sliding sides are actually part of one connected form, which moves up and down.) Three nicely carved balls in the cage below, a carved loop at top for hanging, and a nice dry wood patina to the pine. There is one carved out side at the bottom, I assume a loss but