About Junk Drawers

Not that kind of junk and not thse kinds of drawers...

Hey, we all have them. I have several. They are veritable trasher troves of useless and useful-but-forgotten stuff. Papers, letters from lost lovers, dried up fountain pens, church attendance buttons, poker chips from vegas, funny money from world travel, old bow ties or garter belts, expired passports, boy scout knives, party favors from New Years Eve 2000...

Oh the embellishments, the trashpo, the assemblages, the 3D collage possibilities...

I would love to see pictures of, and mailart from every Dkultist Trashpoet in the IUOMAsphere. Anyone else get giddy at the thought of getting into everyone else's junk drawers?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 6, 2014 at 12:32pm

Diane, you and your manly man have super junk! Carina, fill up those scraps with Carina art and snd them to the world. That's precious junk!

Permalink Reply by DKeys on February 6, 2014 at 1:20pm

lol==the where's waldo of junk drawers!! I love it. why is it so fascinating and soothing to look at these? is it to know that most of human behavior is universal??? we all squirrels hoarding nuts?

Permalink Reply by DKeys on February 6, 2014 at 2:17pm

or hoarders squirreling nuts

Permalink Reply by DKeys on February 6, 2014 at 7:48pm

punk squirrel--80s hair

Permalink Reply by DKeys on February 7, 2014 at 12:59pm

where's waldo junk drawer: i see lots of tacks, rubberbands, drill bits I think, batteries, flags, one of those connectors for an electric skillet, and what looks like a taser holder:)

Permalink Reply by Carina on February 7, 2014 at 8:13am

A good idea just came to me, thanks to you folks! Diane come over and make some scribbles! I noticed there was no scissors in your kitchen junk drawer, Angie ;)

Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 14, 2014 at 6:48pm

I am beginning to assemble my first Junk-Drawer packets....

Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 14, 2014 at 7:32pm

and here's another one!

Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 14, 2014 at 7:55pm

and yet more...

Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 14, 2014 at 8:03pm

Permalink Reply by DKeys on February 15, 2014 at 4:21pm

these are awesome Dan-junk drawer temporary art installations are a great idea. your drawers definately have a very masculine sensibility--very cool to see thesE!

Permalink Reply by Dan Mouer on February 26, 2014 at 4:06pm

Work in Progress: The A side of my first Junk Drawer Assemblage

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