found wood, glass lenses, copper tacks, old photographfound wood, copper and steel tacks
When I’m not making jewellery I’m hoarding things I find on the street, at flea markets and in friends + families basements. Although I embrace contemporary architecture, sculpture and technology with full abandon I also can be very maudlin for objects left behind from older times. These objects can range from old photographs, rusty nails in all shapes and sizes, weathered wood and stones and metal with a good patina on it.
Over the years I have made various wall pieces that hang on the walls of my home. I’m not quite sure what it is about assembling old weathered objects together into these wall hangings that I find soooo satisfying. Maybe it’s an urge to try to understand personal history – my own and others or trying to to hold onto time in an age where everything moves excessively fast and things can slip by us if we don’t slow down long enough to notice.
This photo is a wall piece I created for a show in Natick called ‘The Chair Project’. Its title is, ‘Reserved Seating’. The piece is assembled from an old piece of wood I found in my Nana’s basement along with some old copper wire and the photo had been sitting in my collection for a quite some time. I thought it was perfect for this project. I find the photo really intriguing in that all the women are standing and the men and young boy are seated. The women as usual, stand strong and proud and standing by their men. But what about the old fashioned (?) courtesy extended to women by giving up their seat for them?
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