No. 1 was presented on what would have been Ian's 16th birthday. It was installed on his memorial tree at a local school. The entire box was crafted from Ian's personal belongings.
No. 1, is stamped on the box, the scrabble pieces, and relates to lineage.
The baseline of the A is uplifted, and doubles as support for the perch (a mate straw). Chains may always be interpreted as bondage: family, love, earth. In this case they not only hold the box to the tree, but frame out the facade while holding the door closed (should the tiny latch fail). The sprinkler is inverted so as to act as a crown, which seemed appropriate with the word Viking on it.
The harmonica may not be a Bose sound system, but if the wind blows in the right direction...
Most of the items were painted in white and silver to unify and protect them. The interior of the cigar box was rubbed with Linseed oil.
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