I’m married to an extremely patient man. Over the years he has indulged my every cockamamie whim and gone along with any and all creative endeavors I come up with. I wanted to turn our miniscule garage into a wet plate darkroom – no problem. If I need to have double-sided tape at 11:00 at night, he’s on it. There are no limits to his kindness and willingness to make me happy. So when he demanded I clean out my art closet, (insert gasp here) I was stunned!

This is no ordinary closet mind you, to the casual observer it may appear to be brimming with paper scraps, old bottles of ink and an assortment of soiled and rusted items but to the trained eye (namely mine) it is clearly a collection of super awesome art objects and supplies. I have to admit, over the years my collecting compulsion has overtaken my creative ability so he may be justified in this matter but being the kindhearted soul that he is, I have been granted a reprieve – on one condition…I must utilize the contents of the art closet or it will be relegated to storing winter coats and rollerblades.

So with that, I present the Closet Project. Every Friday I will be unveiling a new art piece featuring objects from said closet. I’m hoping it will open some new creative channels – he’s hoping he won’t have to go to our storage unit every time he needs his ski jacket.