When I was young and married, I borrowed an inspirational book from the local library which proved to be an incredible help in the kitchen. ‘101 things to do with mince’ kept us going for years.
Following a month spent in Nepal, I decided to write an article with the title ‘101 things to do with yak butter.’ This didn’t get off the drawing board because there were no yaks in Hobart to work with.
My current challenge is to write ‘101 things to do with 14 stolen hubcaps.’
So far the list is:
- A giant ashtray
- A dog food bowl
- A dog water bowl (constant replenishment is required as an inverted hubcap is shallow)
- A cat feeder
- A cat water bowl
- A kitty litter container for a little kitten
- A chook feeder
- A chook water bowl (see point 3)
- A clock face
- A handbag (two required)
- A resonator for a banjo
- A resonator for a guitar
- A resonator for a ukulele
- A stand-alone sculpture
- A tuned musical instrument (this requires some knowledge about tuning metal so probably it’s a long straw)
- Decorate a boring shed
- Substitute a discus with a hubcap and get sporty
- Try one as a frisbee
- Put them on an old car (circa 1975-1982)
- Try and sell them on ebay
- Hide them as they are proof of a heist and therefore a liability
- Headwear to ward off chemtrails
- A lampshade
- Give them back.
The 14 hubcaps in question were from my ‘hubaphone’ sound sculpture that was installed in the Nimbin Rainbow Walk, stolen in late June, three months after the grand opening.
Many people, especially kids, enjoyed playing the sound sculpture during its brief life. They enjoyed the hands-on approach, another thing to do while they strolled along the fantastic pathways. Some folks dreamed of being in a Caribbean steel drum band.
Now the ladder, horizontal and naked, stands bereft in the landscape.
Do you have any ideas on how to thief-proof a sound sculpture? Please send, with any more ideas on what you can do with stolen hubcaps, to Nimbin GoodTimes.