Beautifully Bruised Old Stone Fruit Pear + Lovely Black Fig, A Pair Scherenschnitte folk art was Hedi Schoop

was Hedi Schoop

and with wear and some loss to the white paint for sure

with an opening of 3/4" across

and the repeating motif of what appear to be smiling little faces (maybe offspring

with masking taped edges matching the darker edges of the drawing

Beautifully Bruised Old Stone Fruit Pear + Lovely Black Fig, A Pair Scherenschnitte folk art was Hedi SchoopIf there is one thing I have become a connoisseur of, I believe it is stone fruit I'm super picky, looking at lots and lots of pieces to choose just one, very specifically, and I especially love making perfect pairs, which I believe this fig and pear are, bringing each other out to ultimate effect. And I love photographing them, as evident! Ive been looking for a long time for just the right fig, and finally found it in this one hard to describe