Saturday, May 4, 2013

Junkmail Puzzle Wall Art



I think "the facilities" is an interesting choice of words for the household bathroom, don't you? Because if we're honest here, is there really anything "facile" about it? I say no. In fact, facile is probably the last word I would have chosen to describe the room where we go to do our business. I think maybe the word-people hoped to send us psychic messages of relaxation when they picked that one. Not surprising then, that they called it the "facile-at-ease". "The loo" on the other hand is a great term for it because no one is quite sure where is comes from. Consequently "the loo" has no discernible baggage and is perfectly harmless. It causes zero anxiety. It puts one under zero pressure to perform or to be in any way competent whilst in that room. It's even a little bit humorous when you say it out loud, hee heeee... The loo. The loo... It sounds like a song and I like it.


Now, say you've come over for a cup of tea, and nature suddenly calls. You will require the use of the loo and, at our house, that will take you by way of the stairs. Along the way you'll encounter a few things: a landing, an ugly boat painting, naked windows, a ragtag rock collection. And when you've almost reached your destination, you'll see in front of you what seems to be a framed rectangle of white nothingness. "Strange to frame a bit of wall like that," you might think to yourself, examining the nothingness. And I would agree with you wholeheartedly.


That is why I took it upon myself to change the framed-rectangle-of-white-nothingness (which, by the way, is the access to the loo's plumbing). I mod-podged it with my junkmail puzzle from back here, and embellished it with black marker and little daubs of dimensional paint.

This is a much pleasanter prelude to your forthcoming loo appointment than the framed-rectangle-of-white-nothingness, wouldn't you say? Indeedy.

♥M

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22 comments:

  1. a piece of art!!!!!! clever!!!!
    happy weekend Michele, xxxxx Ale

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  2. bewonderenswaardig. groeten en een fijn weekeind.

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  3. You really never, never ever stop to amaze me! Happy weekend!

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  4. Happy weekend! What a wonderful work-You did it great! Ines

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  5. Fantastic! I LOVE it! I would love to figure out how to cover my AC return. That thing is UGLY and faces my front door!

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  6. Amazing creation that mesmerizes, Michele!

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  7. You make me laugh with your stream of consciousness posts :) It's a great fix for that spot!

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  8. Magnifique réalisation !!!
    Nadia

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  9. I've see signs for the "Necessary Room". That, to me and old lady, says it all.
    Love the artwork. It's a very nice pattern for a quilt. I see the world in quilt patterns. (My sis says I'm obsessed. She's the one taking a second sock knitting class, and gifting socks all over the place.) Anyway, I always admire your recycling art works. You should teach school!
    Kids need to learn recycling.
    Hugs

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  10. Ok,my hat was off to you for the whole, "cut out a million pieces of junk mail, and puzzle them all together" thing. But I'm in serious awe of the sharpie drawings! And it's a very cool piece of art!

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  11. Finest loo plumbing access hatch ever devised! I love how you Sharpied the intricate pattern among the escher shapes!

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  12. WOW! This is so incredible. I would love to look at something like that hanging in the loo.

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  13. Wonderful design and love that it camouflages the loo's plumbing access! Great job, Michele!

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  14. Clever girl!! Very clever girl!! Your so art-minded Michele!

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  15. Yup! Looking forward to another 500 posts! You, my friend, are a bottomless well of brilliance and ingenuity!

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  16. Love your junkmail art - definitely quiltable! I also use the term loo... but can I tell you that I read many years ago that loo is a derivitive of the ancient french "l'eau !" which was called out to warn pedestrians below, when waste water (including no doubt chamber-pot contents!) was tossed out of higher storey windows into the street. There was not waterborne sewage all those years and years and years ago, afterall.

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  17. Love your junkmail art - definitely quiltable! I also use the term loo... but can I tell you that I read many years ago that loo is a derivitive of the ancient french "l'eau !" which was called out to warn pedestrians below, when waste water (including no doubt chamber-pot contents!) was tossed out of higher storey windows into the street. There was not waterborne sewage all those years and years and years ago, afterall.

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  18. Beautiful art! Very clever..will you give us a template for that pattern p

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