Back in September last year, I was fortunate enough to go to a very unique art exhibition in East London where prosthetic limbs are the canvas. Spare Parts was organised by Priscilla Sutton and timed to coincide with the Paralympics, which was being held just around the corner. Whilst I went with the intention of just looking at these weird and wonderful pieces, I found myself going back the following day and buying one of the exhibits. (This will be featured in a future post). My leg-based art piece was collected after the exhibition, and to my delight and surprise, it came with a free gift of one of the legs that had been used to advertise the exhibition! You've heard of "how to get ahead in advertising", well, I now know "how to get aleg in advertising! The question now was what to do with it. I wanted to make something of it. Something interesting and respectful. Something useful. I didn't, however, want to do any irreparable damage damage, and I certainly didn't want to chuck it in the back of a cupboard and forget about it.
