Display

This collection of found objects featured in Tim Robison's blog reminds me of the installation work I've seen using items confiscated at airport check points.  Pocket sized treasures, lost in a changing world... victims of circumstance.  In the case of the Salvation Army's Select store, objects similar to these are given up voluntarily and tend to filter down to the dregs line as I call it.  But as Tim points out, it's often just a matter of purposeful assemblage to give new meaning and value to items of any sort really.  I would love to amass hundreds, maybe thousands of used pocket sized items, mount them with pride and showcase them either as a large scale installation meant to be seen from afar or as small cabinets des curiosites displayed at eye level for intimate viewing (perhaps in the dressing area?).

To learn more about Tim Robison, his thoughts on the virtues of assemblage with used objects and his creative work, click here.

Here's an assemblage of my own, comprised of items that live in my study.