Jody Johnson
8mm
On Exhibit: October 15 - October 27

Opening Reception:

This series is about vintage 8mm film projectors from the early 1940’s to 1970’s.

My process starts with going to tag sales, thrift shops, and estate sales to find these mechanical beauties from a bygone era that I can then repurpose into something new and exciting.

This series is something new for me. For over 20 years I have been making lamps with these similar items. I decided to change things up and turn these same types of items into flat wall art. The photos you see are the parts that I need to take out of the projectors in order for them to lay flat on the wall. Lots and lots of parts. Some come out with the removal of screws and nuts, and others I have to cut away with a hack saw. I have so much fun just trying to figure it out.

That wording around them is from the original manuals that came with the projectors. I do not print off the internet. If it’s not original I won’t use it. It is just not my style.

The bulbs I kept from the projectors that I had made into lamps over the years and since have sold them. Each projector comes with just one bulb. The bulbs are such art pieces I knew I would use them in some other projects someday.

I hope you enjoy the work as much as I do making it.