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 Post subject: your art minute: The Art of the Shiv
PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:49 pm 
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Dangerous Beauty: The Art of the Shiv
Selections from the Collection of Chris Kasabach and Vanessa Sica
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"Unbreakable" plastic comb; three single-edge razor blades inserted into teeth; wrapped with copper wire and shoelace.

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During the 1980s, a modest stipend of $1.10 per day was deposited into each working prisoner's personal account. The comb and shoelace used here were available from the prison commissary at that time. By completing an order form, prisoners could make purchases and tailor a shiv to their own design specifications.

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While working in the maximum security prison here a few months ago I saw a half-dozen homemade shivs the assistant warden had confiscated. It was pretty cool... but he wasn't amused at my interest. You probably have a different opinion of things like this when you are personally in danger of catching one in the kidney every day.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:02 pm 
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That scene in "Oz" where dude sliced the hack's Achilles tendon was awful.

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I thought this was about me for a minute.

This one is pretty scary.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:04 pm 
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at first i thought this was conceptual art by Shiv the boarder.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:11 am 
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very cool, cory.
the spoon is beautiful.
this has inspire me with ideas for a small suite of drawings.
never seen that site before. thanks for the link.


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From Wikipedia:

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Keith Richards, of the rock group The Rolling Stones, is rumored to carry a shiv.

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