Little Free Museum

[wtg]

My friend Susan and I walked by this sign a few weeks ago. I had noticed it when I was in my car but never detoured to check it out.

We walked over a block and came upon this very nicely constructed display:

Inside the locked front compartment there were a number of brooches:

Lower right:

The back of the display:

A description of the Little Free Museum:

I thought it was the coolest thing ever!

[Steve Miller]

Sweet!

[wtg]

Whoever built it did a really nice job. The hinges, the lock..just the overall construction was well-executed. I'll have to check it out in March and see what the new display looks like!

[Mik]

Nice!

[AdagioM]

Very nice. A different take on the Little Free Libraries you see all over.

[Bernard]

That is cool! I love brooches and I wear them... because men aught to be able to wear beautiful things. Lord knows, they used to. I just picked up a few new ones (to me) at a small local antique shop just 10 minutes away on Sunday. This is the one currently on my 'going out' jacket:

The ones I bought Sunday ($5 each):

And part of my little collection:

[RealPlayer]

Very cool!

[wtg]

@Bernard - those are very nice!

Guess the Little Free Museums are an evolving concept.

http://littlefreemuseum.org/

[wtg]

Someone in Portland is doing a mug exchange.

https://freelittleartgalleries.art/2024/12/mug-exchange/

[AdagioM]

@wtg Do I have to take a mug home? (I’ve been downsizing mugs…) Although I do have some very beautiful mugs from JaMPDX like this one:

and the matching cream and sugar set.

[wtg]

@AdagioM That set is lovely! Especially the lady bugs.

I checked out their website and they have a lot of nice pieces.

[AdagioM]

JaMPDX are two very local ladies who do beautiful work. Meaghan used to work as a cake decorator, and she uses some of those same techniques on ceramic.

[wtg]

@AdagioM said in Little Free Museum:

Meaghan used to work as a cake decorator, and she uses some of those same techniques on ceramic.

I picked up a lamp many years ago in a thrift shop; the shade was purchased separately. Reminds me of the PDX ladies work:

Took a good bit of time cleaning up that lamp. I think the previous owner was a smoker and it took some careful cleaning with a small toothbrush and Q-tips to get it looking nice. The applied flowers are unglazed, which made it even a bit more challenging!

[AdagioM]

@wtg That’s beautiful work!