hey there everyone! i know! {2} days of bloggin' in a row! can you stand it!? wish i could say it would happen more often but as mentioned in yesterday's post i have been tooling away on some big projects...and, well...i really can't wait to show this one off to you!
i recently came into possession of a book w/ a fabulous recount thru the years of a little town in northwestern minnesota called DETROIT. over a 140 years + name-change later {LAKES was added to avoid confusion w/ another city already with the namesake detroit!}...i am learning fascinating facts about the town i have called home for 25 years!
so you can imagine how delighted i was to be {1} of the artists selected to create a work to benefit our local historical society thru a fund-raising event... keeping history alive ...
we were asked to select items from our town's past and reinterpret them into an artful item of present! i believe i was one of the first enthusiastic people to view the items availabe. {3} tables FULL of objects begging to have a second go @ life! where do i start...and where do i end?!
decisions...decisions...
i really had to contain myself. and keep my hands in my pockets. i told the director, amy, they might want to do a bag search on me....not to mention "pat down"! it was all i could do to leave a few trinkets behind for the other artists! but i curbed my normal junker/hoarder tendencies & opted for these bits {below}
a skeleton key...handstamp'd parking token from "back in the day"...plus snippet of a 1971 centennial newspaper encased in a free form heart ... came together {below} as a wearable trinket of detroit lakes past for present + future enjoyment! i named it IMAGINE NEW THINGS as a homage to the words showcased in my hand hewn heart!
here's the little bio card {below} i prepared to explain exactly what it was that inspired me as well as how i got to the end result!
i even took a cabinet card folder + rusty gear and re-imagined them for a display {below} i hope will be enjoyed by it's new owner beyond the event!
so if your travels happen to find your way to the village of detroit lakes...be sure to pop by the event! slated to begin @ 7pm march 23rd @ our historic holmes theater. an evening that is sure to be a fun & history rich time! i know i will be there. but don't bother asking where i might be incase i am not within eyesight. something tells me there is a table a leftover bounty waiting. and i plan on carrying a much larger bag this time!
thanks for sharing some of my local history!
