I am stymied in my 200 artist book manufacture. The first 35 went quickly into production and I utilized E6000 glue to create the spine. E6000 will secure a live chicken to the bumper of a Volvo. But now the book covers will be comprised of matchbook covers and I need small, ever so tiny, staples to secure the spines. Stapled Spines. Sounds like a punk rock group, doesn’t it? Or like my personal spine, lumbar-fused with pedicle screws. For me, finding the right tool for the job requires more than simply securing the appropriate mechanical device. Severe degenerative arthritis of the osteo variety, limits my mobility, especially in the hands. I have no grip, no thumb strength and, to make matters worse, I can’t push down on anything — torn rotator cuffs.
Tag Archives: repurposed art
Assemblage Art
What trips your trigger? For me, it's abandoned metal, cracked and chipped paint on an old piece of wood, an old chest of drawers with the legs missing... rusted elements of some forgotten automobile. ... read more
The Sisters of the Inquisition
It's getting close to finish time for the Sisters of the Inquisition. Problem right now is photography since the regular photos make the piece look pretty damn shabby. It's outsider art. Painted on the back of a chair and on the side of a cuckoo clock, then fused. Think of the chair back as an spread open wide "C" with the piece of cuckoo clock in the middle. Then there's a golden baby without the top of its head and a hollow body. There will be a bouquet made out of oddities--constructed with copper wire as the stems. The golden baby will be a "vase" for the bouquet. The "baby" came from Piggly Wiggly on River Road years ago. When the bakery was closing down, I bought a bag of small pink plastic babies. They were originally intended as cake decorations for a baby shower or new baby cake. I loved my bag o'babies and it was hard to break up the flock, or herd, or ... a bag o'babies would be a "jumble of babies" - that's what it is, babies in a large group would be called a "jumble". Which transcends a murder of crows. ... read more