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I Buy / Sell / Trade "stuff". Do you have a super well-loved “something”? An item that is too worn out, or too insignificant to anyone else to have any monetary value, but with too much sentimental value to throw out? Or some scrap of something; some piece of junk that you can't part with it because you never know when it will become worth its weight in silver (or gold!) because it is exactly what you need for some unforeseen project? I am collecting such items as part of an ongoing art project that will involve buying, selling and trading of these items, along with their stories. If you have an item that has a great story behind it I may be interested in adding it to my collection. Items can not have any significant resale value and shall be accompanied by a hand-written story telling the life of the piece and how it gained such personal value. These pieces will be saved from being thrown out, and the memories will be captured in the biography of the item that you write for me.

This is an ongoing project. If you are interested in buying, selling, or trading an item, or would like to share a story that comes to mind when hearing about the project, please contact me at alish@cocc.edu or comment on a post below.

See more participatory art on my website!

Here are the stories thus far.





Monday, April 9, 2012

Out of storage

Some friends of mine heard about the collection of treasured items I am working on and found this Fred Flintstone cake pan for me in their storage!!  I am anxiously awaiting the hand-written biography of the piece, but what I know thus far is that it was used to bake a Birthday cake for my friend's 3rd Birthday!  His mom saved the cake pan, but he doesn't think it was used again.  When his mother passed away his sister and he couldn't come to get rid of it, so it has sat in storage.  Now it has been added to the collection of well-loved, but valueless items.
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