#tchotchke

felt like drawing @entropyking's tchotchke.. surrounded by tchotchkes. tchotchke is a fun word! choch.. kee.. chawtch.. key... shots.... kee...

the items in clockwise order, from the top:

golden mushroom pin (with a mismatched butterfly clasp)

one turquoise earring (the other is missing)

collectible spoon with strange lizard emblem

tiny ceramic cat

a bottle of sand from a restricted beach

porcelain thimble with forget-me-nots (hand painted)

a silver bell from a nekomata

brass key leading to nowhere

copper fish chopstick rest

normal red button made of plastic

the lid of a fountain pen

delicately embroidered pill box

sparkly paw keychain (fallen off a child's backpack zipper)

tooth with a gold cap

beetle eraser dug out of a dirty pencil case

a stripped screw moments away from rusting

wind-up toy from a dentist's office

a glass bell with a haunting ring

doll's house cup and saucer (glued together)

gaudy miniature teapot with a desert landscape

A couple recent Facebook Marketplace finds, featuring the worst tchotchke I’ve ever seen! I cannot be convinced that the “basket” isn’t just a wad of earthworms. Also the perfect mirror listing pic.