“Where have you been” he said, “I’ve got all these five cent pieces for you. I need you to change them for me. The supermarket won’t let me use them to buy my things and I’ve got that many of them.”
“I hate 5 cent pieces. If I put them in my pocket I get holes and then the gold coins fall out. If I bring them down tomorrow will you come by so I can give them to you. You’re my money laundress you know.”
Every couple of weeks somebody dumps a mattress in this particular place. The patterning on the covers are lacklustre and the location is hard to photograph. To help things along J picked out the repeating flower motif with a fine blue line of texta pen.
Nothing like a bit of ‘plein air’ drawing.
…. but there is always a carspace under a block of flats. This one is on the corner of 2 busy roads in East St Kilda. When J asked the price of an inlaid bowl he said, “you wouldn’t be able to afford it, only people in Europe know the real worth of this type of work.”
He then produced a miniture bundle of photocopied sheets neatly stapled at the top.
The text was blurred and the images bleeding at the edges as a result of being reproduced over and over again. In amongst the drawing and photos was this story.
When the client who was shopping for for furnishings in Vienna chanced to meet a friend who was a wealthy business man, he said, “don’t waste your time with this stuff. There is this guy in Australia who’s name is Imre Carugo, he does beautifully inlaid marquetry handcarving furniture individually designed top Quality Master Pieces.”
Dummy On Asphalt
Found – in back lane behind Carlisle St.
The price tag reads – Video Head Cleaner – $40.00
The label reads – Triple filtered aromas. Not to be sold to minors.
Found: Back lane behind Brighton Rd