Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print shelf with drawer it is mostly clunky vessels

it is mostly clunky vessels made of popsicle sticks that one most often comes across

FL and various legalese

the contrast between finished dark wood and and black painted wood

She refers to the women in sculptures such as this one as storytellers--mouths open

as pure a form as can be

Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print shelf with drawer it is mostly clunky vesselsThis striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904 1981) titled Market: Riga is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling in the 1930s (I believe Riga refers to Riga, Latvia, though the concentration of the artist's travels during this time were in Mexico and Central America.) As with many of his works in this series, the figures are anonymous, their faces veiled by scarves, tightly knotted at their necks, suggesting an infinite