Many of my pieces have been enhanced by just the right piece of something that I have had for years. I am so used to moving things of ancient age from one place to another that they have become friends. I don't discard friends!
If I have saved special beads since I was a teenager, they must have value, at least merit. What ever happened to the " If you haven't used it in six months- pitch it."? It takes more than six months to mull over an idea, much less execute it. And- if the stash of stuff doesn't work for today's piece, it may work for one next month, or next year.
My mother's organ finally could not be repaired anymore. She didn't play it because some of the notes were so out of tune. There were no buyers. It had no purpose.
My grandson and I took it apart. We saved all the screws, wires, pedals, keys, circuit boards and the carved wood music rest. We loaded several plastic bins with parts and the pieces too large for a bin were hung on the wall in the garage.
I passed on the larger pieces, took the circuit boards to the studio and my husband made a board to hang keys from the music rest. He, at least was productive. But -
A Call For Entry
A recycle challenge - there it was!----- I used the circuit boards for my entry and the piece hung in a show last fall. Here are pictures to prove that some hoarded objects can be "just the right thing". Just where do I store them?
This piece is called Beaded Circuit. Subtitled: Organ Donor 1. I hope there will be more.
