finished this one last night. i have had the clown knock-down target for at least 5 years. i bought it up in silverton, colorado, at an antique store there. i loved the hand-painted surface, and the patina of wear. at the time i paid $24 for him, the price tag was still attached! i created the monoprint in the background with the same color scheme, and tried to get a whimsical, fun pattern to work with the clown. the roulette wheel was purchased on ebay, it's really old, and is marked "made in england". the front of the box is a loom of some sort, and each sawtooth-shaped spike was hand-cut with a saw. the discs on the front are made from some old poker chips which have paper circles overlapping them. i cut them from a monoprint.
john made the box for me. it's made from oak, and has beautiful dovetailed corners. it measures about 10x15x3 inches. it can hang or sit on the legs i have installed discretely on the bottom of the box.
there is really no story attached to this box, i just loved the pieces individually, and think they look really nice together. sometimes when i create a box, i'm telling a story. and sometimes i just like to play around with combinations of elements.
here's an image of silverton from a 1950's postcard. it still looks exactly the same!
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I very much like this assemblage. The print pattern is right on. Ah Silverton--I stayed with my brother in his house (right behind the Town Hall at left of postcard) and explored much of the town and surrounding mountains. A peculiar and awesome place it is.
ReplyDeleteyes, silverton is quite peculiar...in a good way. my favorite place was the train tracks area, where the dump must have been at one time. lots of box fodder to be found there...old china, glass, metal...all with a slight char from a long ago burn. so cool!
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