Nice Old Barbed Wire Ball, Found in Kansas City old copper box I've developed such a fondness

I've developed such a fondness for these punch/perforated paper embroideries as they were done with much greater immediacy than needlepoint samplers on cloth

but certainly it is both a great piece of cultural history and an excellent object

with earthy

with some black stain from postmark on the one with crossed rosebuds

with color form triangles that rotate over top

Nice Old Barbed Wire Ball, Found in Kansas City old copper box I've developed such a fondnessI found a large barbed wire ball a few years ago, but this is the first I've come across since in Kansas City, which seems a logical place to find a barbed wire ball! I like these as object and sculpture, making me think of both tumbleweeds and of Meret Oppenheim! Tightly wound, and with rusting to the wire, but this one not aggressively sharp. About 7 1 2" widest diameter. Good, tightly wound and very sound condition.