Collected Item: “Scraps To Sale”
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Scraps To Sale
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photographed is open tubs, open cut and scrapped for remanences of paint to save money during the pandemic
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
Sydney Sousa is a trained artist who has been been directly effected by Covid-19 frustrations as a small business who trying to stay afloat. As an attempt to help conserve money during this difficult time Syd has resorted to cutting open and scrapping the last bit of paint within her tubes. As a small business its hard to buy in bulk as you may not need that much product at ones however it is often cheeper this way, especially with a decrease in sales during COVID-19, its been difficult to manage money. Similarly, as a business she experienced frustrations with new regulations such as store hours or limited products because of limited manufactory. Syd expressed that not only is this a tool she uses to save money but also time as sometimes she most be creative to create solutions to problems COVID-19 presented her.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#crafted #homemadejewlery
#learning #covid #duringapandemic
#ri #rhodeisland #riartist #sydneysousa
#learning #covid #duringapandemic
#ri #rhodeisland #riartist #sydneysousa
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Sydney Sousa
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2020-12-15