Well, I started out with all different sorts of ideas - the very first one was that of a grinding stone or sanding block that would deface and abrade one of my printing blocks or eraser carvings. But the motor was not strong enough for that. I did experiment with a windmill of whirring scalpel blades to chop up cards, but they kept flying off and there were children present...I was persuaded to desist there.
Spirograph has indeed fallen into oblivion, you will note that sales of Spirograph and rates of juvenile delinquency have respectively fallen and risen! There's a definite connection, I am sure of it! Many kids and young people at the gallery had never seen a Spirograph wheel.
I shoudl have noted that all the materials came from detritus, more or less:
camera tripod $5, thrift store massager $3, thrift store Spirograph bits $0 (gift from friend) automatic tongue $2, stationery store
All amounts in Canadian funds. All other bits (bicycle spokes, scrap lumber for base, aquarelle crayons and pencils, cards, alcohol solution) were either free or already lying around the house.
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Date: 2003-10-15 07:20 pm (UTC)Spirograph has indeed fallen into oblivion, you will note that sales of Spirograph and rates of juvenile delinquency have respectively fallen and risen! There's a definite connection, I am sure of it! Many kids and young people at the gallery had never seen a Spirograph wheel.
I shoudl have noted that all the materials came from detritus, more or less:
camera tripod $5, thrift store
massager $3, thrift store
Spirograph bits $0 (gift from friend)
automatic tongue $2, stationery store
All amounts in Canadian funds. All other bits (bicycle spokes, scrap lumber for base, aquarelle crayons and pencils, cards, alcohol solution) were either free or already lying around the house.
I like small and I like cheap.