Posted on 08/19/2015 7:50:21 AM PDT by fishtank
As we all know, a well-stocked workshop is a beautiful thing. It’s the place that keeps and collects all the tools and hardware you may someday need to fix something you love or make something new.
When Lee John Phillips’ grandfather passed away, he left behind a tool shed packed with a lifetime of old tools, hardware, and odds and ends. As an artist by training, Lee took inspiration from the dense, seemingly limitless stash of unique artifacts and began organizing and drawing collections of them in his sketchbook.
(Excerpt) Read more at makezine.com ...
I was wondering where the cotter pin was!
My grandpa was a farmer/carpenter by trade who spent his life in strife against economics of the times.
He was an extremely intelligent person who was far thinking in many respects. He died in 1955 when I was a boy after a hard life where he lost his wife early and had four children to house, feed and clothe. In his later years near his end it was particularly hard because that ingrown toenail he went to see a doctor about developed into full blown gangrene and cost him his leg above the knee.
All that said, his shop out behind the house I lived in during my early years with no water or plumbing, was a treasure trove of wonder. Piled high with oak planks, machines and contraptions a boy could only marvel at. The kind of belt-driven machines powered by some old engine he pulled out of a car. Mechanical galore.
That shop stayed as it was the day he died until 1971 when my mom moved back when dad died in 1971 and I was overseas and came home to bury him. Soon after when I was back on station, she built a house where that shop stood. The contractor took the whole damn thing, and only the two stall barn remained. The day I found out about it was one of the saddest days of my life. I only have an Illinois pocket watch, a 100 year old 100 lb bench vise, and a fold up 6 ft ruler (which the same company makes today BTW).
What I wouldn’t give to be able to rummage through that shop today.
I think this is the link you meant to provide. The other, to their home page, doesn’t even have this article there. Reason might be, the article is dated July 29.
Artist Draws All 100,000 Objects in Grandpa’s Shed
By Donald Bell
July 29th, 2015
http://makezine.com/2015/07/29/artist-draws-all-100000-objects-grandpas-shed/
I’m sure when I pass my kids will throw most of my crap away. They’ll probably sell the guns, though.
This smacks a lot like OCD.
My first husband’s grandpa had a similar shed on his rural property in IL. He saved and organized everything. If he had a few inches of string, it was saved, knotted to another piece, and rolled into massive balls. He was awesome. Certainly a contrast to today’s buy-and-toss mentality.
I am sorry you didn’t get to go through the shop before it was destroyed.
I think this and a few more totally ridiculous displays is what made me say good bye to Glassel.
I'll tell you another one! A girl picked up some dead tree branches, propped them up in a gallery and hung rubber chickens from them. That's Art ya’ll! I think this is why I quit Glassel! I'll bet both of those folks are waiting tables now.
I left Mass College of Art for much the same reason.
While I’m sure there’s some good stuff there, looking at that drawer, I have to say, junk tools are junk tools.
Hes got way to much spare time on his hands.
Incredible work. I followed his Instagram account.
For someone so supposedly creative, he does seem to lack an imagination in not being able to think of a more interesting subject to draw.
This might be a good exercise for someone just learning to draw or sketch. Not drawing every little thing in the shed, but several things from it anyway.
Kind of looks like my workshop except I don’t see the drill press, vices, and chainsaws.
I see he has the welding gear and a bearing press. The hand tools look to be in good shape, though he does’t have enough of them and I don’t see a torque wrench.
All in all; a moderately well stocked shop, but a lot of things missing.
That’s how my shop would look if I cleaned it out a bit.
Wouldn’t a few digital pictures done the same thing? OCD, I’d say.
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