When I was in art school at Langara College in 1973, I was in Ceramics and created the tricycle shown in the jpeg above. I had enormous fun doing it. I don;t really know why….but I guess it was because of the technical challenges. The wheels were hollow and with all the various connections and joints it was not easy to control the shrinking of the shape without cracking but it was going very well……….until one morning ……I found that it was gone. (Stolen)
The only thing left were clear prints of the tire marks on the sand sitting on the flat shelf. I had rested the structure on the sand so that when the clay shape dried…and shrank….it would be able to move without getting caught up on anything.
Anyway……the tricycle was gone and I never figured out where it ended up. Have you see it in someones home? I just want to know what happened to it. I am not looking to punish anyone who took it. Although it would be nice if we could meet and I could have it back:)
Some people have suggested that someone simply broke it and hid the evidence but that is not likely because there were no scuff marks on the sand……….Just the perfect imprints of the tire treads.
If I can get it back I will give you a small painting in exchange. (Value one thousand dollars…..even if it is the person who stole it in the first place:) Sometimes we do silly things in our past which we never feel good about later in life:) So no problem.
I simply want it back.
Deryk Houston 250 598 9908
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