what to do with all that junk...

[retro-redux]

Hello there,
After reading many posts about only coming up with junk, bottle caps or scrap metal when ya'll MD-I thought ya'll might enjoy some "food for thought". Here are many links that you can look through when you can't go MD-ways you can put some of your hard earned "junk" and whazzits to good use. -It's interesting to see what artists can do with someone elses trash as well

If you are not crafty you can do a number of things with the junk as well:

1-take your old metal bits, bottle caps, keys, broken costume jewelry bits, etc-and list on ebay in lots for folks who make "altered books"-put that in on a search engine to see what I'm talking about. These folks who make art assemblages, mosiacs, etc would love to have your junk for their art-and pay pretty good for it. OR...

2-check if a local art school would like this stuff-many found object artists might be thrilled to get this stuff. OR...

3-keep in a box or jar and when kids or grandkids come to visit and they're bored-give them the jar, a scrap of wood, and glue and tell them to make a art mosiac or collage'.

Laura

Picture frames covered in "junk"

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf737665.tip.html

lady creates nifty "retro" jewelry from bottle caps

http://www.goldiegarcia.com/

another bottle cap artist-she usus a lot of found items in her work

http://www.junkqueart.com/how to make brooch.html

lots of crafts featuring "junk"
http://www.thriftyfun.com/Crafts.cat.html

teen age belt made from can tabs-I thought it funny that the writer took a month to "save up" 150 tabs-how long does it take you?-she should have bought a MD-

http://quidnunc.org/tab_belt.html

I've always thought this stuff neat-insects, cars, planes , etc made from soda cans-they'd look cool in old MD cans, don'tcha think?

http://www.tesscar-aluminum-craft.com/

old fashioned flip toy you can make from an action figure found while MD'ing

http://www.boyslife.org/workshop/fliptoy.pdf

found nothing but neat old rocks?-make your own arrowhead

http://www.boyslife.org/workshop/arrows.pdf

found old PC parts while MD'ing? make a "computer bug" from old micro chips.

http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/trash2.html

make someone a garden dangler thingie from that wire and junk marbles found MD'ing
http://www.craftygardener.ca/garden17.html

lots of cool stuff made from old tin cans
http://www.orlandoforge.com/tin_can_art_gallery.htm

this lady mainly uses ceramics-but her use of "trash" should inspire you to think outside the box")

http://www.weirdgardens.com/statement.html


heres what to do with those metal "whazzits" you find

http://www.exton.demon.co.uk/Awart.htm

robot sculpture from car parts
http://robotman.0me.com/

critters you can make from that wire and rocks you find
http://www.bobscopper.com/critters.html

artist who makes jewelry from computer parts and rusty metal junk
http://www.bonniemeltzer.com/jewelrypins.html

bottle cap snack lady-like carmen miranda
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_cds/article/0,2045,DIY_15079_2502254,00.html


one of a kind bottle cap key chains
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/qu_boxes/article/0,2025,DIY_14211_2277786,00.html

cute bottle cap ornaments with pictures inside them
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_cds/article/0,2045,DIY_15079_3092274,00.html

artist who makes jewelry from bottle caps, tin cans, and "tobacco tags"?

http://www.janetcooperdesigns.com/galleryJewelry.html#1444

http://www.janetcooperdesigns.com/galleryPurses.html#1745

those nifty little nuts and bolts figures-true outsider art-I especially like the old timer man

http://www.kimbas.com/junk_art.htm

some of this guys bottle cap art featured in the House Of Blues

http://primitivekoolart.com/pages/i.html

junk metal sculpturer who sells on novica

http://www.novica.com/artistdetail/index.cfm?faID=2146

kind of a history lesson in novice bottle cap art of the 50's-very kitsh and cool
http://www.interestingideas.com/out/cap.htm

your little girl might like to make this bottle cap ladybug necklace
http://www.parents-talk.com/familyfun/crafts/cr_0030.html

bottle cap tamborines-rattlers
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10663

bottle cap cross ornament
http://www.christian-homemaking.com/bccross.html

make your kiddo a felt snake using can tabs
http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_84.shtml

 

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[vic910]

WOW!!!! Thanks for posting.

vicki

 

[Gold Digger]

Holy Moly... You've been busy!!

Thanks for the ideas...

 

[omnicognic]

Speaking from someone who spends lots of time online doing research, that is a lot of research! Thank you for taking the time to put together such an enlightening and informative post!

 

[Monty]

Seems like most detectorists have a can or box full of various assorted "treasures" around somewhere. I know I do and I haven't been at it that long. I was wondering what I could do with it. I occasionally go through it and cull out a few things that I know are totally worthless and toss them. A lot of mine consists of incidental things I have found while detecting like marbles, a set of dice, some monopoly pieces, costume jewelry, pieces of broken things, etc. I thought about making a collage but no where to hang it. My wife would run me off if she found any of that stuff hanging on the wall! The only thing is, any time I look at this stuff it reminds me of the time I found it and brings back good memories. what to do? JIM