Yes! When I find a pair of vintage, paper cutting, scissors at the thrift store, at a garage, or estate sale,
I buy them!
Brings back memories of grade school and doing crafty things.
I also just like the look of their all metal construction.
This is not my whole collection-- I need to find the rest, squirreled away somewhere.
*sigh*
But moving on...
Don't you love the bit of rust and age patina on this red handled pair?
Here's a pair of "safety" scissors (blunt tips).I have used all of these for cutting at one time or another,
when other scissors have gone missing around the house.
Kids!
One pair made it into an assemblage tag I created, that was printed in Somerset Studio's "Fearless" issue.My thesis was,
"Being fearless is,
having never used bee's wax before,
deciding it was a good fit with metal."
I was pleased that the editor "got" my idea and found some room on a page to print my art!
I'm not endorsing RUNning with scissors,but some rules can be broken,
where no one gets hurt--
Some interesting, new things are explored
and amazing things happen.
What do you compulsively collect?
9 comments:
Oh wow.... I don't think I knew about this obsession of your's! I have nothing that can really compare. But I will be sending you vintage children's scissors in the future!!! hee hee
Your scissor collection is fantastic and I absolutely love the addition of beeswax to your tag. Stunning! I collect books and pestle and mortars. penny
i do believe one of the first posts of yours that i read was the one with the scissor assemblage...i thought it was just fabulous!!
what a unique item to collect!!!
I will never look at another pair without thinking of you...I love the assemblage and the delicate rust evidence. Blessings, Mary Helen
Everything you collect speaks to me...LOVE your published piece...they could have done a whole article on your creativity missy!
scissors remind me that I have a wooden ruler collection ... I have a fat vase full
I am drawn to so many things...it's just not funny hah
oxo
oh i remember the blunt end ones. that's all they would let us use in the primary grades.
Be afraid Be very afraid with that huge collection ! Very nostalgic.
I love what you made & the idea behind it & that the magazine printed it too.
I keep all the corks from wine bottles & display them in an old printers' tray. Such lovely designs & muted colours which I like.
Love your scissor collection and of course the special one preserved in wax! I have quite a healthy collection of keys now, I really should hang them up at some stage. Mx
Ok ... One more thing to be on the lookout for!! What do I collect? Sheesh, got a minute (or ten?) ... I have a special fondness for old bakeware (tin) and farming wife cookbooks. I love old sewing notions. Old books. Postcards. Stamps. I think you know what I mean :)
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