Pa. German Pie Marker c. 1938

Roy Weber made this Pa. German Pie Marker with who-knows-what. Looking at these tools I think about the pleasure in the detail, the carving, the design... They look like drawings, but they are drawings of functional objects. I wonder, when Roy Weber made this, did he know it would end up here? Like a lot of folk art, these pie markers are super intimate, and domestic, right? And kind of anonymous, or at least less ego-driven. But, still, someone really cared about making them. Look at the hearts and the birds! Folk art is just… its own thing, kind of outside the mainstream art world and so, so connected. It's good to see work like Weber's. Work that shows us ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. Ultimately, it is all about sharing ideas, inspiring creativity and keeping the conversation going.