A Treasury of Dissolution

Inspired by a call for a miniature art works in the spring of 2020, which determined the maximum size of 5x7cm, I started making small assemblages and then couldn’t stop. They were made from scraps, offcuts, fragments and discarded objects and materials. Each piece was painstakingly considered, assembled and crafted, and given a customised protective box.

In 2020 the Treasurer accepted a total of 192 entries into the collection, numbered nonconsecutively. Incorporation into the Treasury is an acknowledgement of the value contained in the pieces and ensures their safe­keeping. A full-colour catalogue of the 2020 collection is available.

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electrical part, metal, paper, fabric
nails, metal
block, wood

9

photograph fragment, paper; biology student in Utrecht, circa 1955, photo PvS
nails, metal
buttons, plastic
part of a ruler, wood

15

block, wood
dried weed flower

16

switch, metal and wood
part of a hairclip, metal

25

thingy, metal
half of a chuck key, metal
small washer, metal

37

bent paper clip (?), metal
washer and ring, metal
domino piece, wood

63

slide part, glass
part of a ruler, wood
thread and paper

78

dried fig; from Judith’s box
part of a knife sharpener, metal

85

book page fragments, paper
clamp thingy, metal
button, plastic
part of a tap mechanism (?), stone (?)
cardboard

91

prong of a plug, brass
various unrelated parts, brass
draughts piece, wood