The Stories They'd Tell
"The Stories They'd Tell" - 5 1/8" x 7" - oil on canvas mounted on masonite.
Among the homeliest objects in our home are this old pair of scissors and a wooden "Clarks" spool. Both are probably from the 40s or 50s, judging from the look of them. Occasionally we'll go to estate sales in our area, and inevitably there is a sewing basket with old scissors, spools and papers of pins. I like to think about their years of service and all the jobs they've done - a hem raised or lowered to suit the fashion of the time ... a collar taken off and reversed to save buying a new shirt during the Great Depression ... a Halloween costume made. Perhaps this thread and scissors patched up a hole in Santa's jacket before it was packed away for another year.
What stories would your scissors tell, years from now?
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