I started finding this stuff at an old fort burn pit 3 years ago and, of course, I brought it home and put it in boxes. I'd clean the stuff, research it, and put it back in the box. It came to me that it would really be fun to show to people, so I decided to turn the artifacts into displayable art.
I bought several shadow box frames from Target, and 1/4 inch foam and fleece from the fabric store. I cut the foam and fabric to fit the frame. I then laid the artifacts out in symetric patterns that appealed to me and glued them down when I thought I had it just right.
The result is 11 really nice panels on my family room wall. My wife likes them and has quit complaining about the boxes of "junk".
My favorite panel is of broken uncleaned artifacts glued randomly on the fleece. People who see it just stare at it for minutes trying to identify the hundreds of pieces.
If you have boxes of "junk" that you just can't bear to get rid of...try turning them into a work of art.
I bought several shadow box frames from Target, and 1/4 inch foam and fleece from the fabric store. I cut the foam and fabric to fit the frame. I then laid the artifacts out in symetric patterns that appealed to me and glued them down when I thought I had it just right.
The result is 11 really nice panels on my family room wall. My wife likes them and has quit complaining about the boxes of "junk".
My favorite panel is of broken uncleaned artifacts glued randomly on the fleece. People who see it just stare at it for minutes trying to identify the hundreds of pieces.
If you have boxes of "junk" that you just can't bear to get rid of...try turning them into a work of art.
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