We met Ted Shell outside
West Marine in Tacoma where he found
and bought the missing piece.
His bike - a showstopper - I
couldn't let him get away without
framing his story of purposeful
repurposing and whimsical
pairings of rust and tape and polish.
People ask him
to build them one - but he
wishes they would dream big
enough to use their own
imagination and playfulness.
His creative spirit rebelled at
confining rules taking away
the license to be free
I found him and his bike
fascinating. I'm
easily enchanted.
