Studio Broom

I love to sweep. I do it every day. The repetition of the motion is soothing. Vacuuming up that tidy little pile of dusty crumbs is very satisfying. After several years of sweeping, I started to wonder about brooms. The general design of the broom has been pretty much the same since the first broom. The broom I had been using was a generic plastic Target thing. It was fine. But here I was, using it every day. Couldn’t it be better?

I started reading about brooms. I wrote a thing about it. Then I went and made one. Well, I didn’t make the actual broom. I found one that I thought was awesome (from an obscure college in Kentucky that has been making brooms for 100+ years), and customized it to make it look better, give it a nice tactile feel, and also a handy little loop for hanging it so I could show off my awesome broom.

One day, my friend Larry was over at the studio, noticed the broom, and said that he really liked it. So I gave it to him. Apparently he used it to sweep his garage for a while, until a friend of his came over, and commented on it. So Larry gave it to his friend. I’m not sure where it is now, but I like to think that it’s bringing someone somewhere, a lot of sweeping satisfaction.