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.
VT1 – 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 3 3/4″ 
VT2 – 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 3 3/4″ 
VT3 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″ 
VT4 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″ 
VT5 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″ 
VT6 – 6 x 6 x 2 1/4″
Checkerboard- 15 x 15″
Caliper 2 – 11 3/8 x 9″ 
Caliper 4 – 8 x 6 1/8″ 
Caliper 6 – 10 7/8 x 7 3/4″ 
Caliper 5 – 9 1/4 x 6 1/4″ 
Caliper 1 – 6 5/8 x 3 3/4″ 
Flush – 7×4″ 
Caliper 3 – 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1″
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”.
Linda Joyce Ott 
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