QUIRKY B'S Art of the Keyboard

Quirky B's introduce Pop Art to this millennium. By taking an omnipresent object such as a computer keyboard and using it to create art and in many cases, to be art itself, this is reminiscent of Warhol, Murakami and others.

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At times, the keyboard becomes the art, at others, it is the vessel of the art.

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An early board with cord still attached. Rudimentary lettering and keys painted with nail polish. Hanging on the wall in a private collection.

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Called BIRD TAKE WING. A splash of scarlet automotive paint creates this gleaming work that is on the wall in my studio.

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The little red box says, EMERGENCY PRESS HERE.It's a SNOW JOB which is why there is irridescent ersatz snow covering this board.

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All dressed up in orange and nowhere to go.

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Prototype for Your Brain on Drugs.

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Name Plate for social justice organization. The Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)

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Does this look like Barnett Newman's VOICE OF FIRE to you?

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The monkey is sitting on a book entitled, Keys to Happiness, as he toils over the keyboard in the hopes of receiving a treat if he gets a couple of Shakespearean sonnets completed.

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Some Quirky B's are conceptual, such as this one called, THE CARD BOARD.

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Sometimes, a board wants to be pretty in pink and sparkles. Like a SUNSET.

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Who among us does not love a dog?HERE SPOT

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There are many ways to use keyboards or parts thereof.The crossmember reads CONTROL as do some of the other keys. Included are: HOME, ENTER, INSERT, DELETE, ESCAPE AND END.

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Different backgrounds give a different perspective. This is more like the old rugged cross.

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When one sees approbation coming from the peanut gallery, there is little doubt that Quirky B's are innovative.

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Time was that troubadours sang about little houses made of ticky-tacky. Here is an aerial view of what they were singing about.

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Keyboards provide a working area of roughly eight inches by 20 inches.There are seemingly endless permutations.

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Your Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Brain on Drugs, Drugs, Drugs. No Brain, No Brain, No Brain.

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Paraphernalia provided in a crack kit.

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Installation-type boards are fascinating and cause people to speculate, where did this amazing idea originate?

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Blue is the loveliest colour in the spectrum. It goes so well with gold. This particular board has no title as I feel that there is work outstanding on it.

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The age of techology has taken many of us by surprise. What else could this board be called but WIRED.

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Job prospects are iffy for graduates no matter what faculty. Hi-tech grads were once super worker bees but now, they are akin to hapless shoe salesmen.

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SEA CHANGE, like looking into a sylvan pond and seeing the ocean.

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Barbie harbours a fantasy that she is with a Swedish calisthenics team and they star on Ed Sullivan's Show on Sunday evenings.

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There are many things to try in life, like what it is like to use bingo daubers on a keyboard?This board is called BINGO, of course.

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Call for a medic and have them work on a keyboard and this is what they might produce.

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CALLING POLLOCKWould you please answer your phone?

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A Mac board that celebrates the antic frolic of Mardi Gras.

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Same Mac board, side two. This board is meant to rotate on a spit so that both sides can be enjoyed.

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A commemorative piece made for an accountant, aka bean counter, out of coffee beans, sea sand and hot wax.

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ACT Stands for A Community Talks.Also stands for get off your duff and do something!

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Multi-media, multi-colourful.

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GEMMA IWith the appearance of a box of chocolates.

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A Name Plate for a computer recycling/training company in Ottawa.

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Side-by-each saying, Let's kiss and make up. These boards were created using face make-up and eye shadow.This board is called MAKE-UP.

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Yellow, the colour of Wordsworth's daffodils and Croesus' money.

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The very popular BI-BOARD. Not bi-sexual, bipolar.One of several in the series of Mental Health Boards.

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YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS!Custom Name Plate.

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The word orange does not rhyme with anything but this doesn't stop it from being a delightful colour to work with.This board is called KASBAH, as in, take me to the Kasbah.

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BAUBLES in sepia.You can feel the serenity.

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CARNIVAL. Another in the series of Mental Health Boards. This board personifies Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD. It's not all sunshine/ lollipops. Darkness follows.

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There are many things that one may do with naked dolls and doll parts. This is but one.

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TROMPE OF THE EYE.Who can spell l'oeil?

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An oasis of pure colour. Imagine three, four or five boards such as this one in a display together. Amazing visual enjoyment.

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SANDCASTLES IN THE SKYA delightful mix of molten wax and diamond-fine sand. Like spending a day at the spa!

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You want me to put what in my vein?

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RUBY is the colour of my true love's lips.

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Solarization effect on one of the boards fashioned with hot wax.

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In the eye of a fish, everything looks gold and aqua. Mini-cymbals give this unique piece its name, SYMBOL.

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MESSAGE BOARDDo you know what it means?

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HODGE, one of scores of Quirky B Name Plates that celebrate the people in my life.

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Molten wax is a superb medium in which to work. Add some jewels and a keyboard becomes GEMMA II.

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The Lone Ranger, aka Kemo Sabe, rides in on Silver and ends war once and for all which is why this board is entitled, WOE NO MO'

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Keys to creativity.

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Makes the world go ' round.

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Currently sold out of posters. Original Quirky B's available from $250.(613) 594-9128Thank-you,Shannon Lee