Over the past four decades, I’ve amassed a substantial collection of outmoded technological devices that I treasure for their aesthetic design qualities. For  my “Tech Totems” series, I enshrined some of these vintage utilitarian objects onto a variety of archaic supports including a printer’s typesetting tray, an antique mantelpiece, a hand-made checkerboard, vintage drawers and old cigar boxes. By transforming these mundane objects into artistic 3-D assemblages, I have elevated them to totemic status while commenting on the transient nature of technological tools.

Playtime – A vintage typesetter tray, painted black, and typesetting stamps highlighted in bronze form the basis of Playtime. Playful pieces from my collections of corks, bottle caps, billiard balls, lighters, glaze testing pieces and other bits ‘n’ bobs round out this colourful piece. Playtime measures 16.5″ high x 32″ wide. $1250

Connected 2 – My collection of vacuum tubes and their colourful vintage packaging forms the basis of Connected 2. While looking closely at a bunch of electrical fuses, I found myself enchanted with their design. And as I found every angle pleasing, I decided to display them in different configurations along the borders of the vintage typesetter tray. Plastic radio dials and other bits ‘n’ bobs of connecting things round out this piece. Connected 2 measures 16.5″ high x 32″ wide. $1250

For the following series of totemic hand tools, I cleaned & enshrined some much-used screw drivers in black frames – transforming and elevating them into artistic assemblages.  Sizes range from 12×6” to 16×16”. $150 each

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