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ITEMS SEALED INTO THE JARS FOR “BEREFT” ROTTED PIECES OF THE BOARDWALK AT CONEY ISLAND, NY VOLACANIC ROCK FROM THE TOP OF VOLCAN PACAYA, GUATEMALA ANA ‘S HAIR CUT OFF WHEN SHE WAS 7 YEARS OLD WOLF FUR FROM TYLER ROCK DRIED ROSES FROM 5 YEARS WORTH OF ANNIVERSARIES SEAWEED FROM PEI, A GIFT FROM LOBIE PEBBLES COLLECTED WITH MORNA TUDOR, FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND SUMAC FROM ONTARIO CRAB CLAWS FROM CUBA, BC. PEI, GRENADA, COSTA RICA DRIED RAT FROM NORTH CAROLINA LLAMA WOOL 3 YEARS WORTH OF TOENAILS AND FINGERNAILS (FROM MY FAMILY) GOAT HOOF TRIMMINGS FROM DR JAMES BROWN, VET IN YARKER, ON. SNAKE SKIN, SNAKE BONES DEER BONES GIRAFFE TEETH FROM AFRICA A GIFT FROM MIKI BIJUR OF BROOKLYN DRIED FERN FRONDS FROM ONTARIO SAUGRO CACTUS FROM ARIZONA 5 YEAR OLD KASHA AND BOWS FROM CUPBOARD EVEN OLDER MANICOTTI DRIED BEANCURD SKIN MILKWEED PODS FROM ONTARIO SEED PODS FROM FLORIDA PRICKLY SEED PODS FROM TEXAS EVEN PRICKLIER PODS FROM ARKANSAS JAW BONES COLLECTED FROM ALL OVER RING COLLECTED FROM THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AT CONEY ISLAND (I WAS 10) MANY MANY DRIED FLOWERS FROM MY OWN GARDENS DAVE’S BEARD, CUT IN 2002 MOSS FROM WASHINGTON STATE COLLECETED WITH LARRY EPSTEIN SAND AND PEBBLES FROM CUBA, COLLECTED BY OLIVIA BECHTOLD RUSTY NAILS FROM ONTARIO BIRCH BARK FROM ONTARIO SHELLS FROM COSTA RICA BOTTLE BRUSH FROM AUSTRALIA EYEBROW HAIR, CHIN HAIRS DRIED ROSE PETALS FROM ELYSE VINITSKY NORI SEAWEED, TEN YEARS OLD BUSTED OPEN PAINTED TURTLE EGGS BIRDS NESTS FROM ONTARIO HUNDRED YEAR OLD TAR PAPER FROM THE BURT’S HOUSE IN ODESSA, ON. ITEMS FROM AN OLD BASKET STUFFED WITH HIGH SCHOOL MEMORABILIA SEA URCHIN CASINGS FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND BEAU’S BEARD, CUT IN 2002 ANA’S OLD BATHING SUIT MY GLASS BLOWING TEESHIRT FROM 1982 TINY SHARD FROM TIKAL, GUATEMALA, FAMOUS MAYAN RUINS ORANGE SHELL FROM CUBA, COLLECTED WHEN I LIVED THERE IN 1972 WASP NEST FROM MY BACK DECK, COLLECTED IN 1999 SAND FROM MOJABE DESERT SEED POD FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA RUSTY METAL FROM DESERTED RAIL LINE IN MONTREAL COOKIE THE DOG FUR MORE LIKE WOOL KINSKI’S BONES AND SHROUD, DEAF CAT THAT DIED IN 1990 MY HAIR HEART SHAPED SHELL FOUND IN BC BY SHEILAH CRICHTON SEAGULL BONES FROM THE LESLIE STREET SPIT BEESWAX FROM DAPHNE EMMANUEL GLASS FRIT FROM ESPACE VERRE IN MONTREAL OLD NEGATIVES BLACK SILK FROM JAMES MINSON CUMIN VERY OLD POPPING CORN DRIED ORANGES AND LIMES AND CLEMENTINES, SOME 10 YEARS OLD HOUSECLEANING DIRT DRIER LINT IN SHADES OF PURPLE DRIED HYACINTH BLOOMS WALLABEE FECES FROM AUSTRALIA COWRIE SHELLS SPANISH MOSS FROM NEW ORLEANS ( DETAINED AT PEARSON AIRPORT FOR BRINGING IT BACK IN 1988) SHEEP’S WOOL HORSE HAIR FROM ROSCOE, KAYCEE, LACIE, DANDY, WINDY AND ROBIN BURRS PICKED OUT OF DANDY’S MANE AND TAIL CRUMPLED KLEENEX FOUND UNDER THE BED VERY OLD DRIED LEAVES, ALMOST TRANSPARENT METAL REMNANTS FROM GREG DIXON HEART SHAPED POTATO FROM DIANE THOMAS, ALONG WITH WISH BONE CAT FUR FROM TESSIE AND MR DWEEZLE AND DOOZE PINE AND CEDAR BRANCHES FROM ONTARIO DRIED BEETS, TOO OLD TO EAT BIRD AND MUSCRAT SKULLS SUNFLOWERS AND GERBERAS, DRIED CARNATIONS AND PINK WAX FROM RACHEL WOOD RUSTED FARM IMPLEMENTS FROM A RANCH IN ALBERTA RED BERRIES DRIED GRAPEFRUIT PENGUIN TAIL FROM NEW ZEALAND, RECEIVED IN THE MAIL IN 1985 FEATHERS GLASS CONTAINERS FROM A FARMER’S LANDFILL IN QUEBEC (FOUND WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD) FISH TEETH FROM THE BAY OF FUNDY (BOILED OUT OF THE FOUND FISH WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD) ALL OF ANA’S BABY TEETH COW TEETH MY BACK LEFT MOLAR SHARDS FROM A BELOVED CERAMIC CUP BOUGHT IN MONTREAL WITH KARINA BROKEN PIECES OF JAN BAILEY’S GRANDMOTHER’S CRYSTAL BOWL ACORNS FROM OUR BACKYARD COLLECTED BY ANA AND OLIVIA IN 1998 THE LOVE POTATO, NOW 2 YEARS OLD RED DRIED CHILIS FROM MEXICO BLACK MELON SEEDS BOUGANVILLIA PETALS FROM SUE RANKIN SAND FROM SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA DRIFTWOOD FROM A BEACH NEAR MENDOCINO, CALIFORNIA ANCIENT CORNMEAL FROM 1981 ADUKI BEANS FROM 1978 SPARKLY BLACK MICA ROCK FROM THIRD DEPOT LAKE, ONTARIO DRIED PALM LEAVES WITH ORANGE TIPS FROM AUSTRALIA DRIED COLEUS LEAVES FROM CUBA, COLLECTED IN 1972 BROWN WRINKLY TOBACCO POUCH FROM THE EARLY 1970’s (DAVE’S) CASTOR BEAN PODS FROM SUE RANKIN’S GARDEN YELLOW CORAL FROM PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, FROM GENE DONEFER DRIED POMEGRANITES FROM VERA DONEFER DOG FUR BELONGING TO SHAYANNE THE MALAMUT, APRIL THE HUSKY AND FROM RILEY THE BIG BLACK DOG THAT LOOKS LIKE A BEAR RED WAX IN THE SHAPE OF A BRAID FROM IRENE FROLIC’S STUDIO WEATHER WORN HAMMOCK TIBETAN PRAYER FLAGS WORN THIN BY THE WIND TORCH WORKED ROOT BY SUSAN EDGERLEY RUSTY BED SPRINGS FROM A DUMP NEAR VERONA, ON. DRIED DAFFODILS FROM AMY COLEBOURNE, MY FRIEND SINCE I WAS 13 WORN TIRE TREAD FOUND ON 401 WITH AN OLD TIM HORTON’S TEA BAG ON IT GIANT PINECONES, ONE FROM AUSTRALIA, ONE FROM ST. MARY’S, GEORGIA SHELLS FROM CUMBERLAND ISLAND IN GEORGIA, USA. WEEKEND COMICS FROM MAXINE AND ANA BROKEN GLASS FIGURE MADE BY JAMES MONGRAIN ANA’S OLD PLASTIC TOYS, FOUND BURIED IN THE SANDBOX, 9 YEARS OLD BUBBLEPACK WRAPPINGS FROM THE “GOOD SOAP” WILD VIOLET, FROM FRANCE BARNACLES FROM PEI, AND FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA COOKIE THE DOG’S PAW FUR DRIED MUSHROOMS COSMO LIPSTICK CONTAINER FROM MELANIE EGAN PIECES OF THE BIG GLORY HOLE FROM SHERIDAN COLLEGE (THANKS BEN!) LEAF FROM A PLANT OWNED BY JEAN JOHNSON (SHE DOES NOT KNOW THAT I TOOK IT) (THANKS JEAN!) SHARDS FROM A QUANTAM VESSEL THAT DAN CRICHTON WAS MAKING LENTILS, IN A JAR SINCE 1980 A HORSE SHOE THAT I FOUND IN 1964 A NOTE TO ME FROM KARINA GUEVIN RE “LES BABINES …” SKETCHES ON RED PAPER OF THE IDEA OF THIS EXHIBIT TWO DRAWINGS BY LEAH ROBERTSON A STONE FROM ISRAEL, GIFT OF MIKI LANE HAIR, CUT AT A “GAAC” MEETING, OF CAROLYN PROUSE-FAINMEL, RIKA HAWES, KATE PARKER, SHEILAH MAHUT, MEREDITH MALLOCH, KRIS GENE, PIA ISRAELSON, LUCY ROUSSEL, SYLVIE JENSEN, TALIAFERRO JONES, MEGAN J. KENNY, ALEX ANAGNOSTOU, SUSAN EDGERLEY AND IRENE FROLIC… SHELLS FROM LONG BOAT KEY, FLORIDA REDWOOD BARK FROM CALIFORNIA STONES FROM TOBEMORY, FROM FRANCE, FROM ST.PETERSBURG ORANGE PEELS FROM ORANGES EATEN WHILE VISITING IRENE FROLIC GLASS THREADS MADE IN 1985 WHILE A RESIDENT AT HARBOURFRONT ITALIAN GLASS RODS MADE BY DARREN PETERSON DRIED PUFFER FISH FROM MEXICO CACTUS SPINES FROM ARIZONA PETEY THE PEACOCK (RIP) TAIL FEATHER MARVELOUS MARBLES BY SUSAN BELYEA OLD NAILS FROM THE BURT’S HOUSE IN ODESSA, ON DYED RAFFIA COINS, BROUGHT FROM CHINA BY RICK’S FRIEND AS A GIFT MANY MANY SMALL ANIMAL BONES, FOUND IN A MUSKRAT’S HOME ON THE NAPANEE RIVER IN 1990 GARLIC BRAID WITH THE GARLIC GONE BITS OF DRIED PLANTS AND LEAVES FROM FLORIDA, ARIZONA, AUSTRALIA, BC. ONTARIO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON STATE, CUBA, GREECE, ALBERTA, QUEBEC, PEI, COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA, SPAIN, ITALY, LOUSIANA, CALIFORNIA, AND PROBABLY MORE PLACES THAT I DON’T REMEMBER, SOME VERY OLD AND CRUMBLY.
RUSTY BARBED WIRE FROM JOANNE BRADY’S CLEAN-UP PILE RUSTY BITS OF METAL THAT LOOK LIKE FIGURES FROM THE STREETS OF CHICAGO SMALL BITS OF METAL FROM ALL THE ROADS THAT I WALKED ON SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS DRAWING A PURPLE SPONGE, A GIFT FROM ELYSE VINITSKY APACHE TEARS (BLACK OBSIDIAN PEBBLES) FROM ARIZONA, A GIFT FROM DANIEL CRICHTON IN 1989 FAVORITE STICKS A DRIED SEAHORSE, A GIFT THAT CAME IN THE MAIL A SILVER TONG, FROM I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHERE MANY DIFFERENT COLOURS OF WOOL GLASS SEED BEADS BLACK PLASTIC AND MOSSY BOARDS FROM BURT’S GREENHOUSE A VERY VERY OLD PURPLE SOCK EARTH FROM MY GARDEN PINE NEEDLES FROM THE BACK WOODS BURLAP THREADS DRIED KELP FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND FOREIGN COINS GIVEN TO DAVID THAI BY DANIEL CRICHTON BURNT MATCHES FROM 2 YEARS OF LIGHTING MY TORCH FOR LAMPWORKING SMALL CLOTH BUNNY OF ANA’S FOUND IN THE SPRING MUD AFTER BEING LOST FOR OVER 3 YEARS….. BLACK SAND AND NUTMEGS FROM GRENADA COLLECTED BY OLIVIA BECHTHOLD WEATHERED PIECE OF AN OLD CANOE THAT DAVE FOUND AT THE DUMP LILY PODS WILD VIOLETS PICKED ON APRIL 27TH, 2003 WHILE SITTING WITH ANA IN THE SUN DEAD ANTS DAVE HICKIE’S RED HANKIE, OVER 15 YEARS OLD AND FULL OF HOLES PEBBLES FROM WHEN I LIVED ON THE BEACH IN CRETE IN 1979 WATER WASHED GLASS, FROM THE WATER OF MURANO, FOUND IN 1979 IRISH WAXED THREADS OF MANY COLOURS, TAKEN FROM MY STUDIO FLOOR MOSS FROM THE BACK MEADOW LOTS AND LOTS OF DOG TOE NAILS, GIFT OF DR CALVIN LANE , VET IN YARKER ON. MAXINE MCURDY’S HAIR PINK TISSUE PAPER FROM A GIFT SENT BY SHEILAH CRICHTON POTTERY SHARDS, A GIFT FROM DAPHNE ODJIG PEBBLES FROM NEWFOUNDLAND AND CHESTERMAN BEACH, VANCOUVER IS. SHELLS FROM FIJI/ JINGLE SHELLS FROM MY AUNT CAROLE CREWDSON OLD BARBIE DOLL PARTS & LAURIE BEANSPROUT’S HAIR (MY DOLL WHEN I WAS 3) USED PIGEON NETTING, FROM THE BACK DOOR OF THE EDWARD DAY GALLERY AND PROBABLY MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I DID NOT REMEMBER TO INCLUDE… SO LOOK AND SEE, MAYBE YOU WILL NOTICE SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT!
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