ODE TO THINGS

Vintage hand massage from Lost Found Art, click here.

ODE TO THINGS by Pablo Neruda

I have a crazy,

love of things.

I like pliers,

and scissors.

I love

cups,

rings,

and bowls --

not to speak, of course

of hats.

I love

all things.......

A collection of West African Islamic Teaching Boards. Found here.

I pause in houses,

streets and

elevators

touching things,

identifying objects

that I secretly covet .....

- Pablo Neruda

Thimble Collection found by Dave Caplan with a metal detector. See more of Dave's treasures here.

There are more verses to Pablo Neruda's poem which I found on Catherine White's blog. Read the full version here.

Lisa Jordan's Bone Button Collection. See more here.
Antique Scissors from Lost Found Art, click here.

Whittled wood crochet hooks. Found here.
Assemblage of Violin keys by Arman. See more of Arman's assemblages here.
Vintage shovel handles from Lost Found Art, click here.

Hammer Assemblage by Arman. See more here.

Shells at Blaxsand. See more here.
Whale Bones. See more collections at Blaxsand, click here.
Collection X by Alberto J. Almarza. See Alberto's Flickr photo stream here.

ART AND THINGS

Uri Eiliaz. Read post here.

"Maybe we’re here only to say: house,

bridge, well, gate, jug, olive tree, window —

at most, pillar, tower … but to say them, remember,

oh, to say them in a way that the things themselves

never dreamed of existing so intensely."

—Rainer Maria Rilke

Assemblage by Elspeth Slayter. See blog here.


Many of us in this blog circle see the beauty in discarded objects. I am intrigued to see broken household objects re-fashioned into something that holds my attention..... something that I often find beautiful.

The Devil you Know by Katie Dell Kaufman. Website here.

Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder ........ and One person's junk is another person's treasure!

Bezabih Ayele. Photo from this link.

Leonardo Drew's work is constructed with trash which most people walk past on the street and yet it is so exciting .... even beautiful. Well, it makes MY heart race anyway!


Leonardo Drew. This photo was taken by Los Dragonnes on Flickr. See photostream here.

Assemblage by Harvee Riggs. Karin introduced me to Harvee's work. See Website here.


Assemblage by Harvee Riggs. See website here.

Assemblage by Harvee Riggs. See website here.


Assemblage by Janet Jones. See website here.

Federico Hurtado. See Flickr photostream here.

Antique and Vintage Fishing Lures. Lost Found Art. Website here.

"Look for the lovely thing
and you will find it,
It is not far --
It never will be far".

- Sara Teasdale

Rosalie Gascoigne. See website here.

Tiny Monsters, incorporating vintage furniture casters, by Elizabeth Frank. See website here.

Everything of the best to all my blogging friends and followers and wishing you peace and joy in 2011.

TURNING OBJECTS INTO OBJETS D'ART

Wooden box with alarm bell and Kusu Knives. Under Construction Exhibition at the Hamill Gallery

I find it quite thrilling to see found objects transformed into objets d'art and the two pieces I found at the Hamill Gallery are no exception. Just look at that weathered wood! If anyone who loves me would like to tuck them into my christmas stocking, feel free to do so :-)

Dogon trough with spool of twine. Under Construction Exhibition at the Hamill Gallery

Its time to visit Lost Found Art again. The vintage collections displayed here make me extremely happy.

Carved articulated "limberjacks". Lost Found Art.

Mark Indursky, the owner of Lost Found Art, channels his artistic energy into creating assemblages and installations from the eyecatching pieces he finds in dumpsters or at flea markets and antique shows etc.

"When I see a dumpster, I'm right in there. A suit and tie don't faze me."

Antique caste iron road sign marker.

Mark started out displaying his collections at home for his own pleasure but when visitors asked him to help them find similar collections he and his wife Joy had the bright idea of creating a business out of finding and grouping vintage objects to sell and install in homes. Thus, Lost Found Art was born. Imagine making a living out of scrounging and assembling collections of your favourite objects!

Antique wire coat hanger collection.

" A lot of people don't have the time or instincts to search for this stuff and often they are not quite sure what to do with it when they get it." Mark says "I have a knack for doing both."

He has gathered old radio microphones for musicians, antique gavels for attorneys, a vintage abacus collection for an accounting firm, as well as installing an antique hypodermic syringe collection for a doctor.

Steel food chopper collection. Lost Found Art

Antique and vintage Abacus collection. Lost Found Art


Ruler by James Michael Starr

Wood type by Slowprint at Flickr, here.


Feral by Keith Long

Caged by John Outterbridge