Guitar, "Junkyard" - Ed Stilley
Object numberoshtl2016.063.01
MediumWood, Metal, Bone
Dimensions39 3/4 × 15 in. (101 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Kelly and Donna Mulhollan
Terms
This guitar was created by Ed during his Middle Period. The guitar went on to be found by Darren McCullough in a junkyard.
Ed Stilley was born in 1930 in Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas and grew up in a religious household. He married Eliza Miller in 1959, and they had five children. Ed worked as a farmer at his Ozark homestead to support his family and continued his preaching. In 1979, Ed began making musical instruments to give to children. With no formal training Ed made his instruments with simple hand tools, wood scraps, and items such as pot lids, springs, and saw blades. Over the course of twenty-five years Ed has made two-hundred one-of-a-kind instruments including guitars, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos.
Status
Not on view
