Ode to the Porch

approx. 32x12x4" / Summer 2024 / price avaliable upon request

Broken 1930's Worco tenor banjo, broken stooltop, scrap metal, scrap leather, coupons, wheatpaste, mulberry paper, discarded wood block print.

A beaten-up, vintage American tenor banjo, repaired with the discarded material laying around the house of a home neglected by a landlord.

Detail of wood block print wheatpasted on calfskin batterhead, illustrating two renters sharing a cigarette on their porch steps.

Front facing view of banjo.

Detail of decades of abandoned coupons wheatpasted to the headstock. A charm with a four-pointed leather star dangles from the tip.