Artist statement | Sonia Yaco<br>I like old things ? the lives they led, the stories they can become. I transform found objects – kitchen utensils, plumbing fixtures, piano parts – into kinetic sculptures. Quirky and humorous, the kinetic aspect of my sculptures invites viewers into each piece?s world. Crank the wooden handle and you help little Loch Ness monsters move to see over their mother’s hat at the drive-in movie. Found objects also are the source material for the book arts, furniture, and figures that I create. My art usually starts with an object that catches my attention and I wonder what else it could become. Could a wire egg poacher become a plateosaurus? My work is influenced by my unrealized plan to become a carpenter and my unplanned but real profession as an archivist. Born on a farm in Michigan and now having lived in Chicago, the DC and NY area, my sculptures recreate a mix of urban and rural machines.