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Pencil Sharpener
Strange Mechina Series
2001
34 x 18 x 12 inches
Steel, 1/2 HP motor, pencil sharpener
This piece was originally intended to be activated by pressing both handles, leaving only your teeth to feed the pencil into the whirring jaws of the pencil sharpener. Prudence got the better of the debate, and now either handle activates the machine.

The Artist's Sketchbook has an early sketch of this piece still in the conceptual stages. To see it, click on the Sketch link.

$1890
Wes Modes Santa Cruz, California USA 831.335.3109 wmodes_at_thespoon.com