Collectors and artists are sometimes interchangeable. It is a matter of perspective. I am not going to be visited by the television show hoarding interventionists, but there are some days when I wonder. If the color is unusual, or if the color is just color, I want that too. If it is an unusual shape and I can get it into my purse, watch out. No, I don’t collect fishing worms, as a child might, but by the end of my day, there may be drink caps, beads, shells, a feather or something unidentifiable in my stash. My studio is lined with clear boxes with carefully color sorted items. This could be misleading since it seems so well organized. My dark little secret is that there is a basement full of collected items, along with collected fabric. I admit that my guest room drawers are full. No storage shed. No, No, No.
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