City Express - Still Life

I was sitting on a moving train, simply gazing at a discarded tea bag left on my table. As the train carriage rocked from side to side it shook the tea bag into life, making its metal cup handle look like a scorpion’s tail. This encounter inspired my first automated work where five tea bags shake on top of a bed of tea.
 
h 24cm x w 46cm x d 14cm
Found objects, mixed media
1998