Breakfast with grandma












Breakfast with Grandma 
Artist Statement
By: Kylee Cromwell


Breakfast with Grandma is made from different types of wood, and the bottom of an old stool I found in a junk pile outside the wood shop. I drew a squiggly shape on the large circular piece of wood, it reminded me of an egg, and when I was digging through old scraps of wood I found something that had the shape of a piece of bacon. That's when it sparked my idea of doing a breakfast platter. Growing up I spent a lot of time with my grandmother. One of my favorite memories with her is when she would take me out for breakfast. We went to this local diner, called Gypsey Diner in Cary, North Carolina. We would always order the old-fashioned breakfast platter that came with pancakes, eggs, bacon, and a large class of OJ. That's represented by the wood version I made. We would always sit up at the bar part of the diner with the vintage stools that had shiny red cushions. So I spray-painted the bottom of the stool a shiny red color that reminded me of the cushions and the stools we sat on. I wanted to bring back that nostalgic feeling with this piece of art and a memory that I hold really close to my heart.  



 

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