finished this one up this morning. how apropos.
i have had this figure of president taft for about 5 or 6 years. i found it in the hall at grandview high school, and left it on my desk for several years, thinking someone would claim it. it was one in a series of president figures made by marx in the 1960's. i guess it was cool to collect presidents at the time!
originally i had this box covered (with an original monoprint) and ready to be assembled with an entirely different interior. then yesterday a customer came in named barb. she had given me some clock parts and an amazing clock case some months back. her visit got me thinking about those parts, and when i got home from work last night, i pulled them out. taft was sitting on the shelf next to me as i worked, and things immediately came together. that's how it is with boxes sometimes. the idea just happens lickity-split. other times i hum and haw and struggle. the original interior was kind of like that. i didn't glue it for a few weeks because it just didn't feel right. now i am glad. i like this one so much better.
the background is also a monoprint, and the sides are an old letter from the 50's. the clock face is from a coo coo clock, i added the rusty gears. taft is standing on a half of an old block, and a composition checker from the 1920's. hopefully this will be one of the pieces in the show in october at shy rabbit. if not, it will be in the shop for sale. its' about 5x7x3".
i could get all political, and try and explain the metaphor here. but i think i can leave that up to you.
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