Leg Box (OSM Ind. Product Reference: 0040)

The last turkey in the shop and the end of the OSM Ind. Product Retrospective:

Leg Box (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0040)

I haven't yet found anything to store in the leg box but it's just the right height to put my recording I/O device on.

The Radio Receiver (OSM Ind. Product Reference 0039)

If you suffer from insomnia I can't recommend one of these too highly.
Sitting in the dark through the long watches of the night making small adjustments to the tuning knob chasing audio phantoms across the etheric plane is one of life's joys akin too "writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro"*:

The Radio Receiver (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0039)

Mysterious Control Panel

* Courtesy HMHB

Metal Feet (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0038)

I have no idea why I find this old pair of shoe stretchers fascinating.
All I can tell you is, to me at least, they seem shot through with the same sinister quality I usually equate with discarded medical appliances:

Metal Feet (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0038)

Blood Flower Bowl (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0037)

I'd like to make a lot more of these but I seem to have misplaced the bowl I used as the mould:

Blood Flower Bowl (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0037)

The Green Bicycle nee' 'The Dobson' (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0036)

During this period of retrospection I haven't been idle.
I wanted to 'rationalise' (reduce) my bicycle collection, I'm now down to two, this is the one I built and my favourite.

The history of the building of this bicycle has been fully documented on this blog but, as time passes by, I realise it will probably never full fill the purpose it was designed for so I had a re-think and made some changes that make it more appropriate to my current two wheel needs.

Single speed, low geared, back-pedal brake, big comfy saddle and a new name:

The Green Bicycle nee' "The Dobson" (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0036)

Single speed, all y'need.

Hmmm... Handlebars.

Bouncy, bouncy.

For one reason and another I found myself riding this bicycle from Chichester to Bognor Regis at 2 a.m. this morning and decided it is officially complete and fit for purpose. 

I will now stop molesting it.

Fetch! (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0035)

I believe tea-towel art is the new Rock 'n Roll black*:

Fetch! (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0035)

* I have no idea what that actually means.

Noddy Box (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0034)

I'm surprised at how useful this box is, especially for storing pens, pencils and scissors:

Noddy Box (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0034)

Rusty Cast Iron Picture Frames (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0033)

This is scraping the bottom of the barrel an' no mistake...
The last time the 'rusty cast iron' finish appeared on anything I've made:

Rusty Cast Iron Picture Frames (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0033)

The Skeletal Hand (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0032)

Modelled on my own hand, this construction was supposed to be one of a pair that I intended using as epaulettes:

The Skeletal Hand (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0032)

I'm on the look out for a suitable item for it to hold

Rocks, Glued Together (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0031)

Give me a pile of rocks and a glue-gun and I'll play quietly for hours on end.
Another personal favourite construction:

Rocks, Glued Together (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0031)

The Collage (OSM Product Ref: 0030)

I've resisted to temptation to replace the broken glass on this piece.
I feel it sort of fits:

The Collage (OSM Prod Ref: 0030)

Broom-Pole & Tin Box Bass (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0029)

This instrument is still in development and has changed significantly since the first version.
The broom pole has been integrated with the tin box which now allows the string to be 'fretted' rather than having to play it with a slide.
The next experiment will be to string it with a steel top 'E' string but it wouldn't be a bass then, would it?
Still, it's great fun to play and produces some really spooky tunes:

Broom-Pole & Tin Box Bass (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0029)

The Body

The Head-Stock (geddit?)

Ducky Pegs (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0028)

I stand on the beach waiting for the sea to cough up another piece of old boat it's finished with so I can make another one of these useful artefacts:

Ducky Pegs (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0028)

Cardboard Clock (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0027)

Errr, it's a clock, made out of cardboard:

Cardboard Clock (OSM Ind. Prod Ref 0027)

Atomic Biscuit Tin (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0026)

Sadly this will be the last of it's kind.
I visited the shop I bought the 'atomic' rub-down transfers from to be told they were no longer being produced.
I couldn't find an alternative from the wind-turbine age:

Atomic Biscuit Tin (OSM Prod Ref: 0026)

Toothpaste Box Lantern (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0025)

This blurry picture is the best I seem to be able to get today:

Toothpaste Box Lantern (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0025)

Creating it involved lots of tongue-sticking-out-the-side-of-my-mouth concentration.
Obviously it looks better in the dark.

Bobbin Tank (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0024)

My version of the classic home-made toy.
I had to use one of Linda's hair ties to power it as y'just can't seem to get decent (or indecent) knicker elastic nowadays:

Bobbin Tank (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0024)

Bobbin Tank view 01

Bobbin Tank view 02

Of course the addition of the William Morris print makes it just that little more sophisticated, 'innit.

Rubber Band Box (OSM Ind. Product Ref 0023)

A musical instrument!
I've had hours of fun twanging away at this:

Rubber Band Box (OSM Ind. Prod Ref 0023)

I think there may even be a concept album hidden in it somewhere.

Cardboard Directional Indicator (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0022)

I still can't say the word 'cardboard' without twitching.
If you need a direction to travel in, this construction will probably help.
It also gives an exciting twist to 'spin-the-bottle' parties (the kind of parties I don't get invited to nowadays):

Cardboard Directional Indicator (OSM Ind. Prod Ref 0022)

CDI side view

Octopus Light (OSM Ind. Product Ref: 0021)

I have a fascination with tacky seaside souvenirs and this was my attempt at creating one.
All that's missing from it is a plaque reading "A Gift From Bognor Regis":

Octopus Light (OSM Ind. Prod Ref: 0021)

For me the important aspects of this item are the knife-switch and battery holder I made for it:

Knife-Switch & Battery Holder Detail