Fragile!

This Weeks Studio Friday Topic: Fragile
What is the most fragile in your studio? What makes it so fragile? What would you do without it and where do you keep it so it is safe and won't break?



I have a small collection of bottles that I keep in my little wooden apothecary style cabinet. Most of the bottles have a story behind them. My hubby, Trey, is a metal detecting geek who decided one day to dig up our back yard in search of hidden treasure. We live in the most historic part of the twin cities where the first settlers made their camps on the banks of the Ouchita River, (pronounced Wash-it-ah). What he found was not as old as we'd anticipated, but dated back to the 1930's and 1950's.

There was once an old house on the land where we built our new home. Back in "the old days" people dug holes in the ground where they would throw their trash, and would eventually burn it as the hole filled up. It was from one of these trash pits that Trey unearthed three perfect bottles. One, a large glass Purex bleach bottle still with liquid bleach inside! The other, a small cobalt blue Bromo Seltzer bottle, and the other appears to be a root beer bottle. It was so exciting to see each impeccable bottle as it was pulled from the ground.

Other fragile treasures I keep in, or on the cabinet are delicate shells that remind me of Florida where I used to live, and a ceramic vase that I made in art school. The vase is very imperfect, like so many things I find beautiful, and that's the quality that I seem to like most about it.