Saturday, August 28, 2010

Fountain + Mobile behind LSE

Alexis Mercado + JP Erkelens (Lint Folk)



"When we moved into our Miami apartment in July 2009 and used the dryer for the first time, we found it extremely difficult to open the lint filter. With the force of four hands, we were finally able to pry it out and THIS is what we found! A geological site fossilizing the lint of t-shirts and jeans from what must have been an entire year's worth of laundry! We couldn't believe that the dryer didn't catch fire. We saved the lint in our closet for awhile, but we thought it would be better appreciated on display at Lightnin' Salvage." -Alexis Mercado + JP Erkelens

The Lint

Lint Strata





OTHER USES FOR DRYER LINT:

If you are not donating your dryer lint to Lightnin' Salvage you might want to consider these suggestions:
1. click here.
2. here
3. or here.

Cake Toppers (From our own collection)

Cake Toppers


Foot Baller + Ghost

Fisher Boy Cake Topper



Hobo Ghost

Native American Cake Toppers



Foot Ballers




Basket Ballers

Pirate Cake Toppers





Goodbye!

Fountain + Mobile

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Lennie Kesl Collects Tramp Art

History of Tramp Art



Tramp Art was a popular form of folk art that flourished in America from the 1870's to the 1940's. It took many forms, mostly functional but some purely aesthetic: its creators notched, layered, and whittled picture frames, elaborate boxes, and even full-sized furniture pieces. The most common materials for making tramp art were cigar boxes and wood from disassembled crates.
The term "tramp art" was not used to identify this type of folk art until the 1950's, even though by then its production had all but stopped (largely, some think, because of a decline in cigar smoking and thus a decrease in the availability of cigar boxes). The lore persists that tramp art was made by wandering souls, largely anonymous, and that the fruits of their labors were bartered for food and shelter. Wile there is some truth to this, many who produced tramp art were skilled craftspeople who devoted major amounts of time to their creative pursuits. Most tramp art is unsigned and undated, adding to the mystique surrounding it.
(taken from gingeryoung.com)

Tramp Art Box


Tramp Art Box

Tramp Art Box

Tramp Art



Tramp Art



Tramp Art

Tramp Art Jungle


( image found at: www.richardgervaiscollection.com)

Tramp Box


Tramp Art Boxes