The Spoon House
Maker Faire Bay Area 2024
October 18th-20th
The Spoon House is an update and expansion of last year's Spoon Regeneration Station installation. The Spoon House is a 20'x10', 2-room structure with an armature made from metal pipes that stands 9' tall at its "ceiling" peak. The "walls" and "roof" are made from over 5000 spoons arranged in free-hanging strands of spoons of various types connected together with split rings. There is a "window" of clear space framed by metal pipe in one wall and "doorways" of clear space where no spoons hang that allow visitors to walk through the house. Spoon-decorated furniture inside both rooms welcomes visitors to sit, rest, contemplate and converse. A spoon "bouquet" sits on one table, and an interactive journal explains Spoon Theory and the Spoon House project and provides prompts for reflection.
Julia Dvorin
I am a self-taught and category-defying artist who works in many different media. I am a writer, painter, actor, costumer, musician, and sculptor—sometimes all on the same day! As a visual artist, I am most interested in the expression of concepts or metaphors through the juxtaposition and interaction of symbols, patterns, textures and colors. The Spoon House is a part of a larger project called "Spoon Theory Art" that encompasses multiple pieces. It gives visitors a place to sit and contemplate Spoon Theory and what it might feel like to live with all the spoons you could ever possibly need.
