She had her time here since
we met outside Baltimore--huge vintage store in Ellicott City--um, 20 years ago. Never dignified with her own name, she appeared at a couple of my shows, but had less respect as time went on and she was a neck to hang stuff--compost and other neckpieces. Nothing really glamorous like the old days.
"Can I borrow her? I'm doing a graduation dress for my niece," my neighbor Annette explained. An opportunity to downsize gave the answer, "Take her! Keep her!"
Sally Stitch, Push Button Dress Form, could morph through a range of sizes. The idea of her actually being used thrills me; she has moved on, just across the street, into a better place, one of industry and value. She joins another taking-up-space memory, one with no function at all.
Woven stainless steel wire cloth. Purchased around the same time as Sally Stitch when I was entranced by everything woven and not cloth.
Copper wirecloth, blue plastic from Mexico, green, black windown screen (made Condom Amulet from this)--all had their moment. But the stainless steel was this artist's conceit. A curved piece, 2 by 4 feet, should have been included in my house sale in Baltimore. But no, all 20 pounds came to Harlem.
Thanks to a visiting crochet artist, Laurie Anne Sims, it too has now fled to another life. Laurie came and stayed overnight--she was helping Nan Kennedy who'd brought her Sea Colors Yarn to Knitty City a few weeks ago. Because Laurie too is drawn to stuff like wirecloth, I asked if she'd take the piece home to Brunswick, Maine. "Oh, sure!" She got it-- with the tag attached. Fortunately there was room in their very full-of-yarn van. And now it's lighter here.
Naomi:
I LOVE not only the "head"line of the story but the message of the post itself. How lovely that things flow through our lives and connect us to other people as we send the item (now useful to someone else) on its journey.
-Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Daehlin | May 18, 2008 at 09:32 PM