I found this object in Evanston, IL, in early 2024. I rescued it from an alley. I have no idea what it is. If someone can find a similar object and explain what it is, or provide a confident and convincing explanation, this market resolves YES. I have asked many ppl and no one really knows. Currently I think the only explanation that makes sense is like, a student carpentry project for no purpose other than to demonstrate skill at craft.
The object is fairly hollow, I believe, and the wooden stakes do not go all the way through the object (the ends are stuck on). About a cubic foot in size (plus spikes).
I no longer have this object because my girlfriend feared it and would not let me bring it when we moved in together. I regret this. The object was indeed quite hostile though. Sharper than you’d think, and spikes on all sides.
I want to know by the end of the year. If no one can give me an explanation I am convinced by (with evidence! Not just a theory!) then this resolves NO at year’s end.
1,000@IsaacKing I think it was hollow, but still fairly heavy/dense, if that makes sense? Like, I think the walls were reasonably thick, but it wasn’t heavy enough to be solid all the way through.
@IsaacKing unclear, but each of the nine panels on each face were veneers, glued on presumably… but there were also some metal pins I think, in the corners? Or I could be misremembering
@MattSN6SlZ From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.
I'm going to email a few people, see if we can get anything going on that front.
https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/school/dept/adult-classes-department/woodworking
@bens No luck from One River School Evanston, Studio 215, Tomate Fresh Kitchen, MidWest Montessori, Actors Gymnasium, Piven Theater, Art Encounter, Evanston Art Center or Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Back to the drawing board for me, thought for sure it would solve it.
@TheAllMemeingEye a couple of the spikes had broken when I dropped it while taking it out to the alley while moving out of my apartment, I'm ashamed to say. I was getting rid of it anyway, but I'm a little sad about this. It was probably taken out with bulk trash as it was move-out day and I think it's unlikely anyone claimed it as I did, given that I'm much weirder, more sentimental, and more likely to notice strange objects than the typical Evanstonian.
@TheAllMemeingEye Or we can recreate it. Whether it be 1-for-1 or we iterate on the inventive process of assuming it's a Square Foot Garden seeder.
And if we wanted a more "authentic" dimension of ~1 cubic foot (30cm):
https://www.thecubicle.com/products/super-big-cube-3x3-30cm?gQT=1