Silver Bob. From Max Vasilatos Rasmussen on Facebook yesterday:
It’s lived as a piece of carved poplar at Arnold Zwicky’s house since the 1990s.
It’s taken a lot of years to get around to the cast piece.
Here is Bob in sterling silver, waiting to go to Arnold’s to complete the circle.
(#1) Silver Bob, soon to join his poplar brother; Max says: I’ve left him not entirely finished, so his sprues are showing, and he’s a little oxidized, which I think is good
(sprue ‘a channel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mold’ (NOAD))
Wooden Bob. On one of my curiosity shelves (from a set of five), with wooden Bob — labeled by Max, “Bob, a white guy 1997” — in his spot:
(#2) Wooden Bob, lurking among the curiosities (that’s a seal, unfortunately fuzzy in the photo, on the left)
Brotherhood. I am now contemplating the relationship between wooden Bob (who’s elegant and subtle) and silver Bob (who’s showy and somewhat crude).
The Bobs, singing. From Wikipedia:
The Bobs were an a cappella vocal group founded in San Francisco, California, in the early 1980s. They moved to Seattle, Washington, and were active recording and touring throughout the United States, Canada and Europe until their farewell show at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, on October 21, 2017.
Delightful: inventive and funny. Check out their albums.
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