A Penny Saved...
In 1913, a gallon of milk cost 32 cents, a loaf of bread was 61 cents, a dozen eggs 30 cents, and you could get a gallon of gas for 12 cents. You could literally feed your family and fill your car with gas, with the pennies used to make this piece.
Within the last 100 years, the penny, once a coin that was considered lucky, and something to be held on to, has been rendered obsolete. It hasn’t been replaced with faster technology, and they haven’t found a way to make it better – in fact it now costs more to make a penny than it is worth – it is just one of those things that as a society we have deemed worthless. An object that at one time people would stop to pick up off the ground, and now people toss them away by the handful.
The inspiration behind “A penny saved...” lies in utilizing things from our past, things that as a society we may not consider useful, (if we consider them at all) to make our future bettter.
It was important to me that the pennies be used to not just represent a piggy bank, but for it to be an actual container meant for holding currency. I wanted it to be fully functional, and took care to make sure that the slot it it’s back was big enough for a quarter to fit through, as well as the cork that is it’s nose. I also checked the dates of every penny, facing the older ones outward, to show that their age did dot diminish thier value to this piece, but inhanced it.
Amber S. Fuller
In 1913, a gallon of milk cost 32 cents, a loaf of bread was 61 cents, a dozen eggs 30 cents, and you could get a gallon of gas for 12 cents. You could literally feed your family and fill your car with gas, with the pennies used to make this piece.
Within the last 100 years, the penny, once a coin that was considered lucky, and something to be held on to, has been rendered obsolete. It hasn’t been replaced with faster technology, and they haven’t found a way to make it better – in fact it now costs more to make a penny than it is worth – it is just one of those things that as a society we have deemed worthless. An object that at one time people would stop to pick up off the ground, and now people toss them away by the handful.
The inspiration behind “A penny saved...” lies in utilizing things from our past, things that as a society we may not consider useful, (if we consider them at all) to make our future bettter.
It was important to me that the pennies be used to not just represent a piggy bank, but for it to be an actual container meant for holding currency. I wanted it to be fully functional, and took care to make sure that the slot it it’s back was big enough for a quarter to fit through, as well as the cork that is it’s nose. I also checked the dates of every penny, facing the older ones outward, to show that their age did dot diminish thier value to this piece, but inhanced it.
Amber S. Fuller