Memento

The memento I created using the three materials of wood, brown ink, and orange ink, was a representation of my grandparents house. Each aspect of the memento had a meaning. The object itself was a stair case but this was a summary of various aspects of their house. Although there was no wooden stair case, there was lots of brown in the design and feel of the house; dark wood paneling, and a brown corduroy couch. the grain texture of the wood of the staircase memento along with the mixture of inks created a surface reminiscent of corduroy. The hole drilled in the staircase memento was also representative of a bullet hole in one of their windows. I wanted an antique looking item reminiscent of the dark musky feeling Demurest, New Jersey household.