07/11/2025
John - I am sharing this excerpt from another post because I think the story of this sculpture is worth sharing.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ by The Accidental Artist
Recycled Materials
700 mm H x 200 mm W x 600 mm D
Original artwork, Freestanding
One of the beautiful pieces in our current exhibition ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ and paired with a beautiful personal write up from the artist. (Shared with permission)
This sculpture is a saxophone, but it doesnโt play a note. It wasnโt made to. Itโs made from the offcuts of a life spent building, repairing, and keeping things running on the land, in sheds, in seasons that donโt pause for illness or regret.
These days, I carry more than my age; I have many health challenges, the kind of quiet battles many men donโt talk about until itโs too late. This piece is part of my way of breaking that silence.
Music has always moved me. It speaks where words fall short. But I never learned to play. There was always something more โpracticalโ to do. This saxophone is a symbol of that dream I let rust in the background.
Welded from what was once discarded. It doesnโt make music, but it tells a story: about regret, resilience, and the value in opening up even if itโs late in the game. Itโs a reminder that itโs never too late to create, to feel, to speak. And that health isnโt just the body itโs the soul, too - ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น
