Maureen has a couple of her recent creations in the Recycled Art Show at Currents Gallery in McMinnville, Oregon. The first is this lamp. Its base is a radio antenna from inside a 1930's console-radio. It is attached to a mango wood foundation. The reclaimed shade is decorated with a grade school film strip "Kree Finds His Way" circa 1964. The lighting kit is the only new component. Do you trust ancient electrical wiring? Neither do we. 
It's so cool how a creation like this comes together from disparate objects gathered over a period of years. The console radio was given to Tom by his sister about 10 years ago, not in working order. Maureen bought the film strip at a rummage sale 5 years ago. Here's the really serendipitous part: before starting construction, Maureen made a sketch of the lamp on a 3X3 post it note. She made the shade trapezoidal. That afternoon, she dropped into a thrift shop and found the very shade she had drawn!
If you happen to be in McMinnville, stop by the Currents Gallery for an in-person viewing, now through the end of May.
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