Sunday, October 7, 2018

small collections


A couple of years ago when I was still working Saturdays at the antique store I arrived one morning to see that one of the vendors had brought in an antique Chinese herb cabinet. I bought it on the spot (it was ridiculously cheap). I posted a picture of it back then.


This is what I did with it...

L to R: seeds from the native Texas mountain laurel tree, snail shells, quartz crystals from Boquillas Canyon in Big Bend, marbles, seashells and bits of coral

L to R: clay heads, seeds and seed pods, tiny carved animals and a silver elephant ornament, metal animals and a soldier and a lego man, rocks

L to R: pieces of wood and a whittled fork, petrified wood and a fossil trilobite, tin insect pins, butterfly and dragonfly wings, spines from the century plant

L to R: snakeskin and turtle scales, the lock and key for the bottom of the cabinet, crab claws, firecrackers and a lighter, butterfly and moth and dragonfly






10 comments:

  1. And that is a sort of beautiful perfection.

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  2. I love your Chinese herb cabinet and your collections. I don't know why seeing these photographs makes me feel happy, but it does.

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  3. Wonderful little chest of drawers full of all the most favorite things. Love!!

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  4. Just love your creativity on all fronts. The idea, so unique, the collections, likewise. You show that creativity repeatedly. It is such a big part of who you are. Admirable, I think. Our world is richer for your part in it. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. What beautiful chest and what fun you have in filling it!!

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  6. I love it and store all the same stuff as you. Treasures all. Please leave me the cabinet in your will. Donna (Gather).

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  7. I love it! And I thought I saved a lot of stuff I find when I'm out walking around...LOL! You've got a couple of great collections going there!

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  8. That's the sort of repository we junkie eclectics (sorry, collectors) love. Well done.

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  9. I completely adore this. I would've used it in the exact some way. Well,I would've probably added some dried leaves and things, too. :-D

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