A New Addition

Over the last week we recently acquired a 1948 Challenge industrial sized paper cutter. It’s a beautiful cast iron dragon, capable of consuming 26 inches of cotton weave in a fraction of a second. This lovely item was donated to us from a gentlemanly scholar named Grant from Stun Collective.  He had mentioned he acquired this machine a number of years ago, but while moving spaces no longer had the facility to accommodate this cast iron treasure. Having met at the Flock and Gather Sale in April, he contacted us knowing that we might be able to use this industrial sized paper chewing beast – all we had to do was move it. Similar to our previous encounters in moving large industrial machines, this one also presented itself with a few challenges. The biggest was finding a company within Saskatoon willing to move it. Luckily, after only a day of searching we came across the superb movers at Ray’s Moving andStorage. They moved this heavy antique piece of heritage with the same skill and precision expected of a surgeon during open heart surgery. In under an hour they had the paper cutter moved from a place currently undergoing demolition, to the heated floors of our cozy backyard studio.

Big thanks go out to Grant for hooking us up with this beauty and for being so accommodating and patient with the entire moving process! Also, a shout out goes to Whitney, who connected us with Grant and jumpstarted all the magic!

Here’s a few pics of the 1948 Challenge Paper Cutter (accented with some tiny plants), as well as Ray’s team of experts muscling it around.