Project Description
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Andrew’s Washing Basket
Andrea Bandoni, 2016
Andrew’s 20-year old cane basket has already undergone repair on two occasions. Seven years ago, the handle broke and Andrew fashioned a coat hanger into a new handle, a few years later he tried rope. The basket has had many uses and holds many memories: a washing basket, a vessel for holding stuffed toys, and as an adhoc vehicle for zooming the kids around the house. In recent years it has been relegated to the back of a cupboard. On receipt of the object, repairer Andrea Bandoni was moved by the traces of time embedded in the object and felt a responsibility to maintain the integrity of the basket. Bandoni repaired it in the ‘gambiarra’ style – a Brazilian name for repairing and adapting things intuitively with whatever is on hand. Blue tubing was interwoven into the cane clearly demarcating the old from the new. Two big blue wheels were added referencing the basket’s function as an object for transporting small children. A small coat hook was affixed to the bottom as a leveller – continuing the original attempt by the owner to repair the basket using a coat hanger. All parts can be disassembled from the basket addressing future repair needs and sustainability concerns.
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