Our Beneficiary:
Design Hope Toronto Facebook Group
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Lisa Dooher
Mother Of Invention, 2009
Found Objects
24" x 36"
About the Work
Pronunciation: \ni-?se-s?-t?, -?ses-t?\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ne·ces·si·ties
Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Anglo-French necessité, from Latin necessitat-, necessitas, from necesse
Date: 14th century
1 : the quality or state of being necessary
2 a : pressure of circumstance b : physical or moral compulsion c : impossibility of a contrary order or condition
3 : the quality or state of being in need; especially : poverty
4 a : something that is necessary : requirement b : an urgent need or desire
— of necessity : in such a way that it cannot be otherwise; also : as a necessary consequence <further changes will occur of necessity>
About the Artist
Lisa Dooher is a self-taught carpenter and folk artist who owns and operates Mrs. Murphy's Fine Furniture, a small carpentry shop in Toronto. Her core business is custom/built-in cabinetry. She is a self-described 'urban archeologist' whose passion comes from giving new life to old materials.
