Watch out folks! There’s a great big tiger roaming around Granny’s House! And it’s not your typical basketball-orange, black striped tiger… Local artist, Sue Yarbrough, has decked this one out with buttons, beads, and too-many-to-count “found objects.”
The Granny’s House tiger is one of ten “Tigers on the Prowl” to be showcased in an upcoming charity fundraiser benefitting ten local charities. It’s the brainchild of Columbia businessman, Chuck Crews who, for years, has had a vision to raise money for local non-profits by linking each tiger with a sponsor, an artist, and a charity and then auctioning them off at a grand finale gala event. We are honored to have The Barton Law Firm sponsor the Granny’s House tiger!
We were intrigued when we first learned that Sue Yarbrough’s design concept for our tiger included using all kinds of random bits ‘n pieces, and we were equally fascinated by Wikipedia’s description of “found object” art:
“… from the French, ‘objet trouvé,’ describing art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects or products that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a non-art function… Found objects derive their identity as art from the designation placed upon them by the artist.”
Wikipedia’s description of “found object art” is an apt description of many of the children who cross the threshold at Granny’s House each weekday afternoon - children whose true identity and purpose come from their Creator. And as integral parts of the big, Eternal Masterpiece the Lord is creating, they too are beautiful! -Granny Pam
*Check the Granny’s House Facebook page often to see the progress of our tiger, infomamtion about our “Name Our Tiger”
contest, details about the grand unveiling of all 10 tigers at Columbia Mall in June and to, again, see all the tigers displayed at this fall’s Roots and Blues Festival. For more detailed information about “Tigers on the Prowl,” check out the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/
http://www.kbia.org/post/
