Super Sculptural (and Surreal-esque) Old and Rusty Barbed Wire Ball first Aid box I have long admired these

I have long admired these sorts of tiles-- produced in the 18th and 19th century during the Qajar period in Persia--which very frequently feature hunters on horses like this one

I think the fish is just fantastic

Hudson River school I believe

I was thinking these old spellers would make great inspiration for Wordle words

Super Sculptural (and Surreal-esque) Old and Rusty Barbed Wire Ball first Aid box I have long admired theseI guess barbed wire balls are a thing people made, and make but I don't believe I've ever actually come across one before, and to me this thing is rather transcendent as an object and a sculpture, making me think at least as much of Meret Oppenheim, say, as it does of a tumbleweed. No small feat to form such a dense and beautifully composed sphere as this while navigating the strength of the iron wire and its barbs either (!), yielding an object both