Some mid-1970s Pieces
The photographs in this post were sent to me by a woman who bought them from Tom and Mary in the mid-1970s. By that time, they had run out of easily accessible driftwood to mount their creations on, so they … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Character Plaques
Tom’s Critters
It is a fairly common misperception that the work of the Mary Blakley Studio was solely that of Mary Blakley. I had the wonderful fortune to establish contact with a collector in Miami who has a varied collection of Tom’s … Continue reading →
Character Plaques
Tom was many things, but cartooning was the love of his life. When he found that the market for cartoons drawn on paper and published in magazines was declining in the early 1960s, he started cartooning in clay and his … Continue reading →
The TB Button
In my recent post on the MB button, I ended on a note about the rarity of the “TB” button. Well, I found one – on a character plaque owned by a person here in Homestead. A close up of … Continue reading →