Hobos

I subscribed to National Geographic Magazine for years and on the front cover of one issue was a story about a woman in Tennessee who carved characters out of wood that represented her kin and fellowman living in her area.

I was fascinated by the story and some of the pictures about the wood carver. I remember picking up a piece of wood and used it to carve one of the characters shown here. They are also painted using ink thinned with water.

I have had them setting around for many years and can still see them standing on a shelf in my closet here in my office.

I bought two new sets of wood carving tools and never really used them--I preferred a regular pocket knife to do the carvings with and I still carry that around with me in my pants pocket.