"..I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord,
I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord.." (I love this song)
I found a really COOL old trunk at GoodWill ... and I am thinking it would be very good to use with the many "war" memories...things I have found at various places, as well as friends who have given me war stuff, and many things from my father-in-law, Paul (who was in WWII in Iwo Jima).
I've just put a few of the things out to see how they might look in this old trunk and they aren't necessarily going to be displayed in this way. I didn't, however, pull out all the old photos, like the ones in this installation piece I did of Paul's war memories... I was thinking of putting more of these old war photos as the background in the trunk, but I'm not sure if I want to permanently afix them to the trunk. (maybe I should consider getting duplicates of the photos to do things with?)
At any rate... I am hoping to be able to use this trunk in awesome ways to bring awareness of the self-sacrifice that many veterans made for ALL of us!
I wish I had Paul's uniform to use in this art assemblage installation .. but it will be in a permanent display at a VFW museum in the San Antonio/New Braunfels area, and that is an honorable place for it too.
I would love to hear any ideas, helpful suggestions, etc. as I continue to explore possibilities with this..thanks!
3 comments:
I can imagine you creating a really special assemblage with this trunk. I would use copies of pictures, though, not your originals. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this.
This is going to turn out fantastic! I would definitely use copies of the photos though.. never use originals!!!
Thanks Carla and Maureen! I'll have to get several copies made, or scan them and make my own too...(now THAT would be a job - tons of photos!) I can't wait to transform it too.
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