Gallery: Old Typewriters Find New Life in Jeremy Mayer's 'Cold Assembly'

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    Jeremy Mayer's sculpture, *Deer III*.
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    Artist Jeremy Mayer poses in his workspace at a group studio in Oakland.
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    Mayer uses cases from the typewriters he works with to store parts and transport his pieces.
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    *Deer III*'s rib cage, made from old typewriter keys.
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    An incomplete project of Mayers, an old man with a slouch.
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    Typewriter carcasses line the wall of Mayer's workspace.
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    A human-like bust rests on one of Mayer's desks.
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    Pieces of typewriters are scattered throughout Mayer's workspace. "It's like an Erector Set," he says.
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    A cricket, another of Mayer's pieces.
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