It’s been a while since I did a bit of artwork dropping. To be perfectly honest, I was not very satisfied with the tags I had (pulled from the Art Abandonment files, printed on plain white paper, and cut to size) and this restricted my ‘will’ to package things up.
But…my workbench is overflowing with whirlys, stars, and some sizable strips of European 4 in 1 left over from one of the dragon wing design attempts. It was time to clear some of the chaos.
I did find some new tags. On Vista Print (it’s on online print shop, they have a lot of different stock designs for business stationary) I found a business card background I was extremely pleased with…and I could add in whatever text I wanted. You can see the results in the drop pictures below.
Once I got these in my hot little hands…I could barely wait to package stuff up. YEA – clearing clutter AND getting back into freely distributing a little bit o beauty into the world.
Life is good.
All 4 of these were abandoned on July 16, 2017, in the Downtown Waukesha area – after 7pm, as I did a bit of walkabout.
The whirly bird was abandoned by my most favorite fountain. This is the water feature I was first drawn to when I moved to Waukesha…it had a wonderful energy as it was situated right on top of the small dam. And, although it still has a fantastic energy…it no longer pours that energy out to me. I’ve moved further downstream.
The 8 pointed Byzantine Star was abandoned at this point on the Fox River Walkway. I found some old, rusty staples in this wood beam…one came out easily, was re-inserted equally easy, and allowed me to hang my little package for max visibility.
The 6 pointed Byzantine star found it’s temporary abandonment resting place smack dab in the middle of our very artsy downtown area. This is some kind of electrical or grid-service box. The gallery which shares the sidewalk with this has painted it with a downtown scene to jazz it up. This is one of the biggest reasons I love the downtown area. After I did and photographed this drop, I waited for the crosswalk light to change, then passed a pair of uniformed officers heading the opposite way. I can only hope this star was picked up by one of ’em. I can’t think of anything more fitting than a star for a cop 😀
And, finally, the European 4 in 1 key-chain. I’ve been sitting on this (and a 2nd, which I haven’t converted yet) patch of chainmaille for a bit. It was one of the failed wing attempts for the dragon project. It consists of around 400 rings. Up until this point, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with the patches…I just knew I didn’t want to unweave ’em. So I stitched up one end and added a short length of chain to attach to a key ring. And…because all this walking and abandoning is hard work…I stopped at the little sweets place downtown for some sugar free chocolate gelato.
Hope my little twiddles brought a smile to the face of the lucky finders!
The Tempest and the Teapot 
Good looking stuff, honorable project, wonderful story! If I ever get to Wisconsin I hope it coincides with one of your dropout frenzies. I’ll be keeping my eyes open!
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I’ll have to do another drop soon – this only took a tiny bit of the ‘edge’ off the pile on my desk.
I love this project. Not only does it allow me to do things anonymously (I like the background), but it allows me to spread a bit of joy.
Waukesha has a local group that follow the same general guidelines as Art Abandonment – they do painted rocks, and they like to scatter things about coinciding with Friday Night live. I’d love to drop during that – the difficulty being the downtown streets are PACKED with people while it’s going on. Be difficult to drop, photograph, and abandon without being seen.
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An inability to remain unseen and a desire for the background seem to be mutually exclusive. You’re bright. You can figure it out.
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I’ll just have to put my thinking cap on. It’s got sparkly things 😀
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If I didn’t know you and this project, I would not have been able to explain to my husband a similar gift that was left at one of the mine sites up here. I’ve encountered three, so far. Makes me smile, every time. 🙂
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That is an awesome thing – not to just find a random bit of art, but to find such a thing multiple times?
I’d bet the Fates have determined you need a little extra sunshine in your life…or maybe it’s a little extra incentive to go exploring?
I’m glad my ramblings have assisted you 😀
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