The starting point for this tin tile assemblage was the center Beech Nut vintage Coffee paper from the front of a matchbook. Next was the paper clock face and the clock hands to represent a vintage clock. Because I knew I was going to use the vintage sheet music, I wanted to turn the whole tile into an interactive artwork that can be strummed. I don’t think you can actually make music on it but it does make sound . I punched holes in the tin with a nail and hammer. Then I individually strung silver wire top to bottom.

The music is again from my mother’s sheet music from the 1940’s. The Coffee Song (which wasn’t originally about coffee) reads ” Love while you may, too soon youth fades away, so come, come, sing for awhile my song.” All us coffee lovers remember how we could drink gallons of coffee in our youth but youth fades away along with our ability to drink gallons of this stuff. Nostalgic.