Found objects from a farm house

Farmhouse Found Objects 

A neighbour told me that a Civil War sword and belt buckle were found on the property next door years ago. I haven’t found anything like that but I have found so many remnants of early 20th century life. Here are some pieces of pottery I’ve found:

1. A few pieces of “fringed” glass
2. The bottom piece of an old lightbulb
3. An intact bottle (any idea what used to be in this kind of bottle?)
4. A metal piece that looks like it might have been on a piece of furniture
5. Three arrowheads
6. A piece of obsidian
7. A cardboard milk top
8. A zinc mason jar top
9. A rusty hinge
10. 2 pieces of pottery
11. An old slice of bone
12. A small turquoise resin piece that was probably part of a piece of jewelry
13. A gold ring
14. The tops of 2 vintage bottles and part of an old blue mason jar
15. The front of a combination lock
16. Half of a porcelain mason jar lid
17. A piece of a salt jar

Reflection

I have taken inspiration from the archival nature of this combination of images and text, the way the collection has been displayed on a neutral background allows the individuality of the pieces to take centre stage, with some of the fragments being joined up together to allow the viewer to see what object the pieces are from, transports them back in time. The colours of the fragments compliment each other in making a semi jumbled picture of the past. This in turn also allows the viewer to project into the gaps what they want to see, erecting myths about the stories that are entrapped inside the objects. Each fragment has the potential to be something individual and well as part of a collective, I find this concept intriguing as it means that even after an object has been stripped of its function, it continues to have a life where it collects charges and memories. 

Source

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/06/things-found-at-the-old-farmhouse-iii.html