lightboxes

i build these lightboxes from found items and things that people give me. none of these items are thrifted. i call them lightboxes because they have a feel that can be manipulated depending on the direction and the intensitiy of the light that is pointing towards the box.i build shadow boxes also. they are they ones that have the doors on them. when the doors are open they are lightboxes.i collect junk and machines that dont work. i think that the innards of machines and electronics are interesting in a strange way because they resemble the workings of the human body. the wires look and function like veins, but instead of channeling red bood,they channel electric energy.i like to keep things around that people think are used up. folks dont realize, when they use somthing, they put a part of themselves in that thing. that is why i like to keep old things around. inanimate objects that have spent time with a living soul begin to reflect that persons life. i think about that when i see something that is old. i wonder about it's history and the people that lived around it. old things reflect life. look around, you can see it.i like to throw these things together as a break from the monotony of my cabinet business. boxes are good for all sorts of things.i have fun when i make these. this is not folk art. this is not pop art. i am in the dexateens. my wife and children are the most important things.