Satisfying Antique Velvet Pin Cushion, As Found primitive carved tool I purchased this pie wheel

I purchased this pie wheel at the estate sale of a couple in their 90s who had a fantastic collection of primitives

There is tons more about Rudy’s fascinating life online

This is one of my favorite finds ever

30 minutes with a little weight on it and it will lie completely flat

did a series of drawings very late in life of floating forms composed body-less facial profiles

Satisfying Antique Velvet Pin Cushion, As Found primitive carved tool I purchased this pie wheelI look at a lot of pin cushions such perfect examples of the human compulsion to make even the smallest and simplest of utilitarian objects special and while this is not a fancy one, there is something about its roundness, and the gray tan velvet dyed (now very) pale blue at the very center of the top and bottom, and all of these pins stuck in it that make it, to my eye, quite a satisfying little thing. Sweet and lovely. 2 3 8" in diameter x 2 1 18" t