Nut Case

Signed mixed media construction.

"29.8.24. Dear Sir/Madam.

Attached photo/words relate to one of your products found whilst beach-combing West Wales shores. Would you have any objection to it being used in an exhibition catalogue at some point?

Kind Regards,

Sid Burnard"

“30.8.24. Good day Sid,

Thank you for asking. Our marketing department said you are good to go.

Good luck.

Katherine Quintin

Martins Inds, 1200 Bd. Industriel, Farnham, QC, J2N 3B5, Canada"

Components: Wheel nut-measure (bird's head). Fragment of body. Bottle-top. Green ball. Spring.

Early 1980's. Heavy rush-hour traffic on spaghetti junction M6. Torrential rain. I'm driving a large van at 70 mph in the outside lane. Alongside an articulated lorry, something flies up...BANG! Windscreen shatters. Punch a hole so I can see where I'm heading. Glass shards in my face, mouth, hair. Hazard lights. Try to ease into the centre lane. No-one lets me in. (Imagine multiple pile-up.) Stay calm. It takes half a mile to reach the hard-shoulder. Emergency services. I notice a 'bullet-hole' in the screen just above the steeling wheel.

Windscreen replaced, continue journey. That afternoon, cleaning out broken glass, I find a sheered off wheel nut/bolt behind my driving seat. It went around, rather than through me. It weighs 8oz. I still use it as a paper-weight

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