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I have been collaborating recently with the multitalented, ethically conscious, conceptual artist Elana Langer who’s brand What I Live By or WILBy creates consciousness raising ethical sweatshops to educate us on our buying habits and a plethora of other interesting goodies that promote living a better life, embracing ourselves and treating the world better.
The project that we have been working on is about the Tools of Life, a concept inspired by her grandmother. Elana writes:
My grandmother was a real lady. I don’t remember a time when her hair and nails weren’t done and she wasn’t dressed impeccably. In the last year of her life she, like many others in her condition, lost the ability to walk without support. And although she had a strong will to live, the idea of using a walker in public seemed unbearable to her. The force of her vanity had come up against the limit of the body. Life compromised didn’t seem as worthwhile living.
My cousins and I were in her kitchen about to have lunch while I suggested going out to her favorite restaurant right across from her home. She refused. We all looked at the walker.
"We can bedazzle it!" I exclaimed. "We can make you the most beautiful walker in the whole city."
My cousins laughed. My grandmother didn’t. In fact this brought on the first and only fight I ever had with her.
"You are making fun." She stared at me coldly.
"True, I am trying to make this situation more fun. What’s the big deal with a walker? And think of how many other people are like you. We could make a whole business. This would make it something to be proud of like jewelry. We can make walkers for weddings, special occasions, one to match each outfit…you can be our model."
My grandmother didn’t laugh. She didn’t see the condition of necessity as something to be played with.
I never made the bedazzled walker for her and I never stopped thinking it was a good idea. We need to have fun within these places that cause social discomfort. To be able to embrace and play with our desire to adorn and enhance ourselves in both actual necessity (like a walker) and chosen necessity (like make-up, nails, hair, clothing…).
These items and pictures are the result of that. One tool of enhancement, like clothing or jewelry, doesn’t have to compromise another tool of enhancement like the ability to hear or walk with greater ease. Both are enriching our experiences in the world and both are admitting that we need and want help with the conditions that exist within us at any given moment. When used to enhance joy and enjoyment, these are all equally and differently tools of life and living well.
I loved my grandmother deeply and I miss her in this world and I hope these pictures would make her smile.
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Image of a box Espresso taken with a PackshotCreator photo studio by Creative Tools AB.
Swedish
Produktbild av ett paket Espresso tagen med en PackshotCreator fotostudio av Creative Tools AB.
18.07.2019
Building on the five-year vision of Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business, Tools For Changemakers strengthens its training component while embarking on a three-year journey of exploration of the link between personal and collective identities in Europe, the rise of populism and nationalism in different European regions, the need to belong for old and new community members, unaddressed collective traumas, and the urgency to work with these issues in order to build more trust and cohesion in Europe.
www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/tools-chang...
Photo: Paula Mariane
A view of the Tools Department of Sears at the Neshaminy Mall. In the shot tools are just piled in the middle of the aisle because there is no place to put them.
Neshaminy Mall in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania was built in 1966 and officially opened in 1968. One of the original anchors in the mall is Sears which is a double level store. The store has a few unique assets with a very interesting design for the entrance.
Spent some time today trying to light these tools to show off the wonderful workmanship of those neolithic crafstmen. From personal collection.
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Marked: MADE BY HENRY SQUIRE AND SONS
WILLENHALL, STAFFS, ENGLAND.
BUCKLE PROOF BLUE BLADE
The blade is marked: Hardened Sheffield knife steel 10S
For more than a 100 years, this was the site of a manufacture of gunpowder and explosives by the DuPont Company. The machine tool shop manufactured all the parts on site that might be needed to keep production going. Here, a channel carried water from the Brandywine River which was diverted into turbines, such as the one on left above. The turbine turned a series of pulleys that led to the tool shop on the right. This is now part of the Hagley Museum.
This stand design shows how The Prestige Events System is ideal for achieving a professional look. The design uses seamless effect graphics. Integrated product showcases are also used to save space.
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This is our LadyBug Tool Pouch, one of our most popular and best selling products! It is made specially to go inside your LadyBug bag to protect it from sharp tools. You can also snap it to your belt or if you're not wearing a belt, you can snap it to your belt loop for easy access in the garden. The tool pouch protects your bag and clothes from tearing. It is made of water repellant Cordura and lined with Packcloth making it extra strong, durable & long lasting as well as mildew resistant. Open the pouch, and you will notice there is an extra inside pocket, as well as a small outside pocket, embroidered with the trademarked Joy Us ladybug. The LadyBug Tool Pouch is light and durable with plenty of room for your tools, making gardening easier by keeping your hands free.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT joy-us.com