(Internal #W-BIR-1)  This is an Amazing find!  Burlwood crafted into a single bird on a burlwood base

SIGNED BY WELL-KNOWN NORTH CAROLINA ARTIST RUSSELL GILLESPIE

BIRD Measures: 9-1/2" beak to tail, 6" tall (where legs meet burl) x 4-1/4" wide

BASE measures 7" x 6-1/2" x 3" tall; together it measures 8-1/2" tall

Weight: 1 pound 13.2 ounces

BIOGRAPHY

Russell Gillespie, born 1922 in North Carolina and lives and works there.  

Russell Gillespie grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and has lived there his entire life. He spends his summer months farming (American Folk Art Company, Virginia), but in the winter he makes sculptures from tree roots and burls. In 1950 he was ordained a Baptist minister and now preaches in small churches in Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison Counties. Russell Gillespsie sculpted from the roots and knots of trees and crafted birds and animals from gourds. 

He has works displayed in the Smithsonian Museum and the North Carolina Museum of Art.  You can google his extensive works.

Beautiful quality item to display on coffee table or lighted display cabinet. 

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