This: Andrew Clemens made works of art by pouring sand into bottles. Some of his bottles are in the McGregor museum. These are not your ordinary pour sand into a bottle pieces. Freaky!
This: The Bily Brothers from Spilville, Iowa, and their clocks. You are not allowed to take pictures of the clocks in the museum, but I wish I could have. I can't even tell you how freaky they were. Huge, beautiful, intricate, made by hand. And to think they almost burned them when their sister died. They were offered one million dollars for one of them, but refused. They created these just for their brother and sister and their own enjoyment, not for any money at all. Amazing. I have a picture of a postcard, but this is definitely not one of their most impressive clocks.
This: Before KD (our lawkeeper) informed me that I wasn't allowed to take pictures in the museum, I did manage to snap this shot of a two headed pig wet specimen, just because, well, it's freaky.
This: Our last freaky family trip during our vacation was to the "Matchstick Marvels" museum in Gladbrook. This artist creates amazing works from, you guessed it, matchsticks. He has a few pieces in Ripley's Believe it or Not museums around the country. The train will be going to a Ripley museum the end of July. You need to see it! If you can get to Gladbrook before the end of the month, do it!
This train is HUGE and interactive, too. You can ring the bell, turn on the light and pull/push some levers. And completely made from matchsticks.
This: Tonight is the opening night for "The 25th Annul Putnam County Spelling Bee". We are not in the production, but since I am on the theatre board, we have been put in charge of the "Putnam County Art Club" booth. This got the girls off their phones and creating new and choosing old works of art to sell. Nothing out of sand or matchsticks, but I think their artwork is pretty awesome nonetheless.
The bees are just 2" x 2" and are very cute. Angelle made those and the necklaces. She made more than 20 necklaces in the van on vacation. The other works are by KD. "Neon Dragon" and "Too Goth for Prom" are two of my favorites. They are excited to sell their art work (proceeds will go to the Waterloo Community Playhouse/Black Hawk Children's Theatre), but I am a little sad to see them go. My kids make me so proud! If you get a chance, you really need to come see the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at the WCP. Before the show and at intermission, visit the art club booth and maybe purchase an original work of art or buy some raffle tickets. I promise the art will be reasonably priced. Have a great weekend! Get your freak on and have a Freaky Friday!!
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