I sent my work off to Pomme this week for the Flowering Art exhibition, and I've got to say that I felt a little sad about it. The work sent marked the near end of some of my favourite vintage materials. These included a Tupperware pastry sheet manufactured in Melbourne in 1969, cellulose buttons from the 1950's, the best retro tape measure I have found to date with really big black numbers, a shampoo bottle (O.K not old but I would have to get through another bottle of pretty average shampoo to get another), a smallish supply of 1950's plastic sequins that are dwindling rapidly and lovely old plastic games counters that just don't compare to the plastics used today.It sure is sad but I guess I'll just have to think myself lucky for finding such special things in the first place. Now back to the never-ending hunt for more and better vintage knitting needles.
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