Gestural Vintage Wax Modeled Figure vintage black and white print It has been a while

It has been a while since I found one of these old sewing lessons notebooks with samples showing various types of seams and stitching mounted or just loose inside

with some rusting

--but I like him just on his own terms now as a man fittingly looking rather worried about things

13 1/8" x 9 5/8" x 7/8"

Gestural Vintage Wax Modeled Figure vintage black and white print It has been a whileI've had this figure sitting on a shelf near where I take photographs for maybe three years, thinking every time I look at it what a satisfying little sculpture it is there is energy and grace to those arms arching in opposing balance and to the slight lean of the body on the knees. Anyway, I think so! Hand formed of wax, as an art school exercise or by a working artist I have no idea. Found in central MA, with some age for sure, and wax pretty much