Evidence of Grandeur
The tool.

The tool is of subtle quiet stature.
Reserved in how it is presented as the mundane object of middle-aged men and the stereotypical construction sites of old.
From simple rock and stick to cast metal and mass production the tool has existed for as long as a man if not longer and the tool has become disenfranchised with its origins.
“Oh, but anyone can swing a hammer or turn a screw”
Oh, but screw you, to my exact point, the tool lives in a shadow as an object that assists.
The object is that of grandeur, the tool is an extension of its wielder, the assistant hands the tool to the being that extends it forth into use.
“Anyone can swing a sword”
But only a swordsman can handle a sword.
“Anyone can smear paint on a canvas with a brush”
But only a painter can truly create a painting


The object is only as useful as the person handling said object.


The tool.

The tool is simple in construction and use but how should it be used?
Why can’t I misuse the tool?
I could get electrocuted if I slip with a screwdriver and hit a live current? Right?
It’s not like I stick screwdrivers into outlets just to prove my point.
There are so many tools, for so many different applications of trade or craft. Right?
So why are hand tools so neglected and looked down upon by the people that have never experienced them before?
As we have progressed as a race past the need of a commonality in the understanding of how to repair, construct, or deconstruct.
This devolution in the face of immediacy and specification of trade has limited the way we understand the common hand tool.
Sure, everyone has one but next time ask what they can do with that shitty home depot tool kit gathering dust in the back of their closet that was used once to put together some Ikea furniture.

The tool.

Can the tool be repurposed for a greater endeavor?
Can the tool be made into something larger than itself?
Can the tool be placed in space in such a way that it calls to a higher purpose?

The entire tool has been over complicated with its attachment to masculinity and the stereotypes of construction.
Can the tool be recontextualized to share its experience?

Can the tool tell a story?

The tool.

When the tool is misused the material the tool is being sicked upon is misused as well.
The tool is left scarred as is the material but as much as humans the scars tell stories.
Small scuffs or a small hole within a pair of pliers can lend themselves to a wealth of stories and experiences.
The tool to be brought forth from its assigned position and placed somewhere else by simplifying?
The tools mark what it can do just by using the tool as the tool makes it a tool but pliers being used to draw with, can still function at the level of pliers but they are now used as a representation for something larger.
The blue-collar
The tradespeople
The craftspeople of the world.