By Ben Palosaari

Are you an origami artisan missing a wardrobe of shirts folded from Monopoly money? Or are you an amputee minus a prosthetic leg? Perhaps you're a bearded man who's lost the microscreen from your Remington electric razor? Is your Battleship board game a couple of boats short of a fleet? Have you been drinking unadorned margaritas because you can't find your drink umbrellas? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you'll definitely want to see Rosalux's new show, "Objects of Affection," and search for your former possessions among the art. The gallery is made up of Ingrid Restemayer's innovative works that mesh found objects with fiber art by stitching the items into a cloth, and Daniel Buettner's ultra-detailed drawings and paintings of things he has found. The artists discovered some strange things that just make you wonder, including a decoy hand grenade, a TV dinner, a wheelchair for a dog, and a motor scooter. But even though the things themselves are varied, they all followed the same lifespan of being created, being bought or sold, then stolen, lost, or thrown out. And now the gallery will sell them again, continuing the cycle. Artists' reception 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, February 2. 

By Mary O'Regan

I have several friends who regularly lose random items. Cell phones, cameras, gift certificates, car keys, shoes. As an organized individual, I find their scattered brains insufferable and annoying.

But throughout February, my flaky friends can take comfort in a new exhibit by in-house artists Daniel Buettner and Ingrid Restemayer at Rosalux Gallery. Promoted as "a tribute to all things made, bought, sold and then stolen or lost," "Objects of Affection" showcases everything from a prosthetic leg to a traveling toilet seat; because, let's face it — careless people can misplace just about anything.

Rich in detail and high in humor, Buettner's acrylic paintings display cheerful lost items on a bed of muted colors. Restemayer uses embroidery and fiber art to create small, spare pieces, many of which include objects pulled from her own junk drawer.