More flea market inspiration
Friday, June 16th, 2006posted by Virginia
As readers of this blog already know well, flea markets are favorite sources of inspiration. Here, a couple more flea market ideas:
1. Recently I purchased a bunch of vintage silver flatware for $1:
It reminded me of Cornelia Parker, an artist who steamrolls silver and creates floating installations from the results (photo courtesy if ICA Philadelphia):
And the results:
Thirty Pieces of Silver, 2003
(courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London)
I was thinking about creating something Parker-inspired from this silver — but have not gotten around to it yet.
2. I bought this tiny plastic toilet at a flea market some time ago, for no reason but that it looked nice and only cost fifty cents:
Little did I know that a few months later it would be useful when David and I made a recreational attempt at claymation, which you can see at
http://www.youtube.com if you search for a video entitled “Man Meets Toilet”