TIMING IS EVERYTHING!

Alright Now, What are the Chances . . . ?

In 1956 and 1957 I had a summer job working for my dad at Sigmund Cohn Corporation in Mount Vernon, NY. He was chief engineer. They specialized in Fine Wire and Pecious Metals. During one of those summers I was an assistant draftsman. One of my projects was to design the box that contained the company logo for the box that spools of gold plated copper wire would be shipped in. 50 years later, in 2006, just barely into my studio in Natick, MA, I arrived one morning while part of the building was being vacated by one of the tenants, and glanced into the dumpster at the loading dock only to catch a brief glimpse of two of the very same boxes in the dumpster with another load about to bury them. It was perhaps a five second window!!! To further add to the saga, both boxes had my father's handwriting on them! I have used this wire in every piece of sculpture ever since. Truly, timing is everything . . .