Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo underglaze blue with the wax of his

with the wax of his face having aged to nearly black

One last beauty today

with wood on the back

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

these two colorful birds

Flurry of Chickens, Beautiful Old Snaphot Photo underglaze blue with the wax of hisThough with face is pretty much entirely obfuscated by the flurry, looks to me like the human here is holding a bucket of feed, and likely has some in their cupped and extended hand too. Having spent a couple of years on a farm feeding chickens and other farm animals (goats are the craziest!), I think there is really nothing else quite like that moment of arriving with food for the flock for me, always a heart racing mix of panic and pleasure as one