In Honor Of First 100 Days, Obama’s Superpower Cuffs Are Finally Finished! (Secret Map Included!)
We have been working very hard on the President’s Cuffs,
and they’re finally finished!
So, today we had a party with punch!
We are cuffmakers.
We make cuffs for people out of things we find;
and sometimes we find amazing stuff
just laying on the ground!
We make cuffs so that people will feel:
and also, to make old things seem like new again.
Originally, we came from here:
But we also came from here,
here
and here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are here now!
So, without further ado,
President Obama’s New (Old)
Super-Powered Cuffs!
Something old…
I found this tiger cowrie shell at an ancient site on the Napali Coast (Kawaii, HI).
About ten minutes later, I found a brand new one on the beach a few feet away!
It had just washed up in the surf.
We found this special map yesterday,
and as a rule:
anything we serendipitously find on the final day of making cuffs is very special.
Vintage hook closures on a cotton backing that was grown and then spun by a family in Ethiopa in the 70′s.
(That family’s son lived with my grandparents for a year, and the cotton fabric was a gift.)
Washington,
Lady Liberty,
Abe Lincoln, twice.
One of them is very green!
Green…
how are we going to make it stick?
(*polaroid from my brave, wandering family, wth lveo.)
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*positively lovely*
What a journey, what a beautiful set of cuffs! I love the stories of the collected pieces, collected longer that 100 days, just right for today's 100 day celebration. Thank you for sharing it with me!
Love, D
What fun! The cuffs are so… Hawaii?!? So…. blue collar…. green collar… Rebirth, live…. revolution, evolution, lost and found.
So lovely. I'm tweeting this!
congratulations!!!
i love hearing where all the pieces came from….
now…. the delivery !?!?
i am so excited for the day i walk past a newsstand and see obama casually wearing them in a picture. YES!
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Late but not iqnored. thanks for perseverance!
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