I recently bought a bunch of clothespins for laundry. There’s way more than I need. Here’s some thoughts on what to do with them:
Hang laundry in public places.
– On the stop cable on the bus (would make for a funny photo)
– Police “do not cross” line
– electricity / phone lines
– tree branches
It could just be a simple white tshirt. Or just a sock.
The clothing could have a message printed on it.
–Hang in there
–Let it all hang out
–How is that clouds still hang on you? –shakespeare
–Future hangs in the balance
–“Necessity’s sharp pinch” –shakespeare
–Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew. –Judges 6:40
So far all these messages seem too trite, maybe there’s a better phrase.
Or maybe it’s just the simplicity of having laundry hanging out of context. The combination of clothing could have a meaning– a black sock hanging next to a white sock.
There just seems like there would be some good potential with the clothespins, because they have such a powerful down-home feel. Haven’t quite nailed this idea yet, although photos of laundry hanging on the stop cable on the bus would be fun.
put one on your nose when walking by something smelly.
You prolly weren’t even born, but there was an artist here in Chicago man years ago who did public art with clothespins. It was fun finding them around town.
Yes! i have one of his clothespins. The summer after my freshman year in college, a couple friends and I went to the Tute. He was outside the front selling tshirts and clothespin necklaces. He taught us all about the meaning of his clothespin art… How he chose the clothespin as his subject matter, because people can read their own personal meanings into it. The meaning for hims is what the viewer brings to his art. H was very much an influence on my potato theories. He opened up a small shoebox sized container with clothespin necklaces inside for $1.00 each. As I was deciding which one to purchase, he was explaining the criteria that people use when selecting a clothespin necklace. “Some people like their clothespin to be perfect with no flaws. Others like one that is unique and has its own personality. Like this one.” He pointed to a clothespin that had a little knot in the wood. So i took that one. I gladly wore that necklace to all art openings and events for the next few years. I still have it now. I wonder where he is today. And if he’s still doing his clothespin art.
Here’s a photo of me with the necklace on. I think that is my junior year of college.
Oops. Here’s the link: https://www.spudart.org/pictures/picture4.html
More things to use clothespins on in public: barbed wire, chains.
use like 80 clothespins as a border treatment around a stop sign.
or attach the clothespins to one another making a giant clothespin ball. we have a huge box of plastic forks at work. One day I made a bowling-ball-sized sculpture of the forks intertwined. It sat on the top of the refrigerator for about a week. Someone threw it out. Stupid, boring, no-fun dud!
You made a sculpture out of plastic forks and somebody [i”>threw it aways!?!?[/i”> What the …? You’re right, that is stupid, boring, and no-fun!
next time you need to take a photograph of the fork globe. Did you know that Kristina (moose’s and my sister) got her yard forked by some of her students?