Ken Goldstrom 1975 Man with Dink and Cigarettes Ceramic Bas Relief Tile antique playing card birds and abstract shapes that

birds and abstract shapes that read like fanciful handles of long thin swords) I’d bet are one of a kind

CA potter (1916-1991) who created this gorgeous lilttle vase

I can't even imagine having the ability first to to envision and then execute something like this

but once hung on the wall it is really not noticeable

Ken Goldstrom 1975 Man with Dink and Cigarettes Ceramic Bas Relief Tile antique playing card birds and abstract shapes thatThis is one of three hand painted vintage 1970s ceramic tiles by Ken Goldstrom that I just found in Maine, and which I think are just right and just terrific. Based in Beverly, MA, Goldstrom has been creating small scale ceramic sculpture and tiles in a similar manner for many decades (unbeknownst to me until now), which he describes as "typically playful, sometimes whimsical, sometimes dark." In this one, our man seems a bit at the end of his rope,