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Artistic License
A friend of mine who designs things big and small-ish professionally once came up with a plan for a way to deal with the copious amount of art that children generate. She has yet to enact anything and in the meantime, I am faced with a couple of kids with copious creative output.
Now, you may think because I'm a bit chilly and unpleasant towards people who fetishize aspects of childcare and who brag incessantly about their kids that my black little heart is impervious to sentiment. Actually I have a strong nostalgia streak that somehow manages to bypass the rancid little muscle that circulates my blood and anyone who knows me is a little surprised that I snap bad photographs constantly, that I get too much amusement over my kids' haircuts, that I hate to miss any sort of first (whether it is walking, words, rollercoasters or, yes sadly already, stitches-- though that wasn't remotely a pleasure).
So I have a lot of artwork. In the wake of the move I weeded through some of it and I found ways to get rid of the less original, more sticker-based stuff before it anyone could notice, but I still have quite a bit of work that I want to keep. I actually want to look at it again and not just have it as some sort of addition to the reliquary.
What does one do with it all, though? Much of this is rather 3-D and doesn't fit nicely in portfolios and Container Store acid-free boxes. I can't remember at all what my friend proposed (and I suspect she didn't do anything about it because eventually she gave up and started a more rigorous editing technique in her own home).
Right now I have a big box serving as a warehouse for a substantial amount of creative expression, but it won't do for too much longer. What do people do?
I'll take suggestions.
posted by Elise at 9:17 AM
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Friends of mine with artistically productive children photograph the artwork before throwing away the originals. If the object itself is of value to you, this is probably not the solution you were looking for.
9/04/2009 1:30 AM
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