Project #2: 3 Objects

Object #1: Turquoise Purse Necklace
     The first object I chose holds a special significance to me as my aunt gave it to me as a graduation present three years ago. My first niece had just been born and I was very upset about not being able to meet her (they live in California). Inside the necklace she included two very small pictures of my first niece and nephew. I’ve always kept the necklace in a safe place because the photos inside are only a couple centimeters large and without the photos, the necklace would be pointless. I thought this object could be nice to build a container for because right now I don’t have any set place for its safe-keeping.

Object #2 Dylan Thomas Works:
This object I chose, not because it is small and easily lost but because of its age. This was my mother’s book while she was in college, and she passed it on to me when I first developed an interest in poetry. The book contains a lot of her hand written notes, mostly in pencil, and the cover is beginning to tear, pages beginning to fade. It would be nice to build a solid box for this book to keep it separate from the rest of my library as well as preserve the structural integrity of the binding.  The box, unfortunately would have to be rather large and heavy but I believe that something slim in length could match the shape of the book and provide a unique casing for it.

Object #3 Clippings from Pennsylvania:

Growing up, we moved around a lot. When I was nine we were about to move for the third time from our home in Pennsylvania and I was very anxious about it. I had spent a lot of time playing in that backyard so I went around in the last few days I had and collected clippings from the bushes, nuts that had fallen out of the tree, bits of gravel - anything that I considered to be “of the house.” Until now these clippings have been housed in an old mint tin, but I think that objects of such unique significance to me deserve a special place among my things. It would be nice to have a well-crafted vessel to display and preserve the clippings - I’m sure that without a box I’ve lost some over the years.