Tag Archives: Collections

Death by Dementia and Teeth (Dad’s Drawers Part 12)

Posted on February 4, 2015 by plisnerhaines

My Dad died when he was 91, but lived until he was 92. Nobody would describe those last few months as life. On his 90th birthday, with family gathered around, dad joked that he would have looked after himself better, … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, dads, death, Dementia, hoards | Tagged Alzheimer's Research UK, camera lenses, care homes, Collections, Dad's Drawers, death, Dementia, dick emery, golden goose, Hoarding, hospital, the giggle loop, vintage lenses, vintage weights | 1 Comment

Dad’s Drawers 8: Overarching Metaphors and the Car Park That Was Too Short

Posted on June 3, 2013 by plisnerhaines

Rules and authority were not things that my dad took much notice of. He had a view that nothing should be accepted without question. I’m not talking about the type of authority which keeps our country from becoming a lawless … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, Dad, Hoarders, Living History, photgraphs, Uncategorized | Tagged Austrian Jew, barbed wire fence, battersea fun fair, breaking the rules, clay pipes, Collections, concentration camps, dad, Dad's Drawers, Francis Newton Souza, hag stones, Hoarding, sculptures, typewriter, wire cutters | 4 Comments

Dad’s Drawers Part Three – The Fat Nude and the sea of bubble wrap

Posted on December 19, 2012 by plisnerhaines

The Fat Nude (with the uneven knees) ….. and, how I ended up in Christie’s Auction House surrounded by a sea of bubble wrap, with a fit of the giggles. The Fat Nude (my title, not the artist’s) is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, Hoarders, Uncategorized | Tagged Art, Bob Cobbing, Buttons, Christie's, Collections, Dad's Drawers, Drawers, Francis Newton Souza, Fred Plisner, Gun, Hendon Experimental Arts Group, Hoarding, Military Buttons, Photgraphs, Plastic Milk Bottles, Recycling, Rubbish, Sculpure | 4 Comments

Dad’s Drawers: Episode 2 – The Gun

Posted on November 26, 2012 by plisnerhaines

Dad’s Drawers: Episode two and the story of the gun. Some background first and then the gun. My dad was an Austrian Jew, born in Vienna in 1919. Hoping to keep one step ahead of Hitler he, in his own … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, Hoarders | Tagged Air Pistol, Alps, Austin 1100, Austria, Austrian Jew, Christies of London, Collections, Education, Escape, Gun, Hitler, Hoarding, junk, Plastic Milk Bottles, Pyrannes, Recycling, Rubbish, Saxby Palmer, Vienna 1938 | 2 Comments

Dad’s Drawers: The Story

Posted on November 14, 2012 by plisnerhaines

It was nearly a year ago when I started to tackle, what I lovingly refer to as, ‘Dad’s Treasure’ and the rest of my family refer to as ‘Fred’s Junk’. It has been an interesting journey with much humour and many … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections | Tagged Art, Bones, Collections, Drawers, Hoarders, meters, Padlocks | 16 Comments