“You know those things about yourself that you’re self conscious of? Those quirks that you’re trying to hide? Those are not your weaknesses, those are your strengths.” (Terry Border)
Maybe you know Terry Border, the everyday things american poet. “The Secret Life of Everyday Things” is the title of his recent photo book : 70 pictures of his excellent wacky, strange creations. I’s a kind of second and creative life of our everyday objects world. I used to play in this magic land only when i was a child. This artist let it still live on. I’m not surprised to read in his facebook that “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain” is one of his favourite films…
I asked Terry to tell me something about his art and about his life. These are his words: “When I have an idea about one that interests me, I add wire to show what I am thinking. A lot of the times, this means adding wire arms and legs, to create a character. I started working with wire probably a dozen years ago. I started adding objects in 2006. At first, the objects were added as a filler material, so that the sculpture could be seen more easily. After a few months, I started playing with the meanings of the objects themselves. I probably have made a few hundred Bent Objects, but maybe 120 of them have real stories that some people find amazing. I have no other job right now, although I need one. If someone has a good paying job that they can give me, it would be welcome. I’m married, and have a 12 year old daughter. My wife and daughter give me good criticism about my work.” If you’re more curious I suggest you to follow his blog: “Bent Objects“, where he post photos of his creations, and not only…
Here only a little gallery
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Great post, as always. I agree: it’s great to play with the everyday things because it remember us how much every detail in art and life is important to give the right sense to our life. Thanks guys.
Yes Alison and the most great thing is that every little detail remember us that to build something important in our life you have to start to take care of every little thing. Thanks to Terry Border and to Talentosprecato.
what a great picts mate, I love this stuff they make me feel like home everywhere they are. keep it up!
Don’t know why but I had this sudden vision of Terry Border’s bent objects on sale at Colette in Paris. NYC is cool at Colette. Once he’s been at Colette, he can sell in NYC. Colette is cool in NYC. http://www.colette.fr
Terry is a great artist (and Giulia too, thank u lady)
funny indeed guys, keep this stuff up!
It sounds like you can create everything with eveyrithing, wow! Do you have any video tutorials about this?
great info. Tweeted about it. I’ll bookmark this post too.
I think it would be fun for a kid. The following page has some good one too: Easy Magic Tricks for Kids
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