SWITCH Sculpture

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Switch was made knowing that it only needed to stay together for one photograph. It was artfully taped to a shelf of glass that was held up against my studio wall with a wrapping paper container and two hardcover Harry Potters. Transforming that sculpture into something permanent that could be sold, shipped and displayed took a bit of finagling. I commissioned a custom plexiglass shelf to replace the DIY sheet of glass I used. And then I bought a lot of glue in order to test which one was the right one to secure the houses with. Gluing anything to plexi can be a challenge, as most glues peel right off the smooth plastic surface. Add to it that whatever glue I used had to be clear, wouldn’t yellow over time, wouldn’t seep into the paper and make it blotchy, and would also work on the papers cut edge, rather than it’s flat face. What was the solution? SUPERGLUE! I know, I’m surprised too!