FOUND ITEM (OBJECT TROUVE)- those absolutly wonderful items found on the streets of SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS,,,,

How else can one explain ADDA DADA's over 4,000,000 views....oh, those BARE CHESTS...

Found on St. John's Lane. Mended with glue, screws and yarn.

Made for "SOMEDAY ... Longing in London", an exhibition by New York-London designer Charlene Lam at Craft Central, Clerkenwell, London, 10-15 Aug 2010

1403-05 privy dig

Backyard cemtery project.

Having a wonderful time in chilly PARIS. Here are some views from PARIS a la ADDA DADA

Looks like someone was sitting on the curb, smoking a cigarette one moment and then….poof, gone, that is, except for the fabled shoes.

On display in the hallway of Altgeld Hall Art Museum at Northern Illinois U. until March 11, 2011

FOUND ITEM in SAN FRANCISCO streets and parks

Smaller items found today.

found outside of defunct Spring Garden Station

Philadelphia, PA

7" x 5"

colored pencil

marker

pen

FOUND ITEMS in PARIS

So random

From negatives that mysteriously appeared in a box of cameras & equipment. Box came into my possession sometime between 1992 and 1995.

Repurposed brooch made of found objects (Vintage & used food packaging with Asian motifs). Commissioned by 'artisan' QLD for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" (100th Anniversary International Women's Day) travelling exhibition, various Australian Regional Galleries, 2011-2014.

FOUND ITEM (OBJECT TROUVE)- those absolutly wonderful items found on the streets of SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS,,,,

How else can one explain ADDA DADA's over 4,000,000 views....oh, those BARE CHESTS...

This antique bit of silverware is from a pattern circa 1880s. Silverplate focal top from a utensil handle and sterling silver band. Created 01/25/10.

LOST

but she's still here every

time I cook or sew

my granny

LOST

the undoubted love

for someone who changed

my life

Recent found objects for use in future assemblages.

sterling silver, vintage dice

found this trunk a couple of weeks ago, cleaned it up, and it is now an storage/endtable.

FOUND ITEM in SAN FRANCISCO streets and parks

I put together a glass, magnates, and wires to create a little robot.

I have collected baling wire for years and years- rusty twisted smashed up loveliness. But, this one was fresh off the steel truck and I thought it would make a lovely ring...

FOUND ITEMs on the streets of san francisco

FOUND ITEMS in PARIS

FOUND ITEM..BLOCKHEAD from the GUMBY & POKEY show....yes, took him home..one can never have enough BLOCKHEADS in their life,

Installation in Testbed 1, Battersea, London.

Made from found and donated objects bound together with a continuous 1km line of rope.

Wheels and pitchforks and sheepherders' monuments are designed into a most unique environment. Someday Tim hopes to build an entire "Log Town."

Turns out there's more than one reason for going to Roundup. Tim Anderson calls it his Little Mansion, and if you like rocks, you're going to like what Tim's Done with the place. It features not just rocks - which he's nailed to the wall - but wagon wheels, horseshoes, pitchforks, washing machines and other things that people throw away. Tim hauls all these found objects with his bike or tractor, and he uses them to decorate both his home and yard with a designer's measured eye. "I call that the Go-Mobile," he says, pointing out a free form metal assemblage that he readily admits "Don't go." His dream is to build a whole town this way, and perhaps find a wife who might help him accomplish his grand architectural scheme.

near Wheal Owles

finacial crisis perfect toy for late boomers,

cost 700 milions to bail the doll out