already there

man at work; at my request he's cutting off the front wheel axle of an old bicycle, so I will have a ready-made......in my art school days I wrote a paper on Marcel Duchamp, the artist who came up with this idea of ready mades in art, I dedicate mine (I'll have pics once it's installed!) to him in honour of his free-thinking, fun spirit 

in a bag full of embroidery threads, a gift from friend J., I found these cards with holes and threads exactly as shown here; does anyone know what they are for?
in the light of the bicycle wheel they look like ready mades as well, ha


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Nancy said…
I can't wait to see what you do with the wheel. I think I've got a couple of those around here :)

The cards, I assume, are a way to store threads by their color number.
20 January 2014 at 01:01
Heather said…
The cards are a way to organize threads for a project, usually a kit. Sometimes they come this way in the kit, complete with fabric and the stitching pattern. I find lots of these at the thrift store - I figure someone has given up on their project and just dumped the whole shebang.
20 January 2014 at 05:54
grace Forrest~Maestas said…
the ready made is a mystery to me
20 January 2014 at 22:00
Vivian Helena said…
I agree with the others, usually someone uses that with needlepoint projects. If those are wool looking threads that might be it.
21 January 2014 at 05:11
Saskia said…
oh okay so that's what they are for, makes sense as this friend's mother used to do embroidery; the ready mades abound out there, just gotta notice them
26 January 2014 at 16:33
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