Best sites for artists/craftspeopel using recycled materials

Quill Yower

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Dec 12, 2002, 12:07:34 PM12/12/02

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Hello. I'm new here. I'm looking for the best newsgroup for my needs.
I am a craftsperson/welder/carpenter/artist who has recently started
using recycled trash as raw material for assembled pieces. Anyone know
any good Internet sites?

Quill

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Dec 12, 2002, 12:40:06 PM12/12/02

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On 12 Dec 2002 09:07:34 -0800, Quill...@doityourself.com (Quill
Yower) wrote:

http://216.114.156.14/critters.htm

Albert Wagner

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Dec 12, 2002, 6:42:38 AM12/12/02

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Quill Yower wrote:

Sounds like you may be new to the web also. Try the google search engine.

Unidentified Selasphorus

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Dec 13, 2002, 11:11:42 AM12/13/02

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Googling the internet can be frustrating because, on this topic, there
seem to be a lot of sites that are just plain trashy. You know, sites
on filling some kindergarten student's time by shoving trash in her
hands and telling her to make something. I think it's important to
see the best examples of recycled art, not just the cheap educator's
ideas.

I don't want this topic to die, as I am also getting into this
subject. I was already thinking of learning how to post pictures so
that I could talk about "pique assiete," broken mosaic art, which is
frugal because it is made from found and broken china and other found
objects but which I think can look really terrific.

Here is a fine artist I found who is into recycled art:

http://www.johndahlsen.com/

I know that there are many. It's an exciting field. My plan by
posting before I've finished researching is to keep the topic bumped
and to serve as a reminder to me that I need to post something and
also, I would hope, encourage other people to post on this subject.

Albert Wagner <alwa...@tcac.net> wrote in message news:<uvhj8sd...@corp.supernews.com>...

betty smith

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Dec 13, 2002, 11:43:59 PM12/13/02

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rufous...@yahoo.com (Unidentified Selasphorus) wrote in message news:<ed2168e6.02121...@posting.google.com>...

wonder if anybody's thought of a clever use for all thos aol disks
that are plopped around all over.
I cant come up with anything kewl. they are kinda pretty.

Julian9EHP

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Dec 14, 2002, 5:38:06 AM12/14/02

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>From: betty...@yahoo.com (betty smith)

>wonder if anybody's thought of a clever use for all thos aol disks
>that are plopped around all over.
>I cant come up with anything kewl. they are kinda pretty.

On one website you'll find someone who fused AOL disks together to make a
lantern. I imagine the light from that refraction would look very pretty.

E. P.

Unidentified Selasphorus

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Dec 14, 2002, 11:54:23 AM12/14/02

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Regarding AOL discs, I wanted to make a mosaic out of them but was
unable to figure out how to cut them. They don't shatter when I hit
them with a hammer, and my scissors didn't cut them. Any ideas?

betty...@yahoo.com (betty smith) wrote in message news:<310071b3.02121...@posting.google.com>...

Michael Black

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Dec 14, 2002, 12:46:33 PM12/14/02

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Unidentified Selasphorus (rufous...@yahoo.com) writes:
> Regarding AOL discs, I wanted to make a mosaic out of them but was
> unable to figure out how to cut them. They don't shatter when I hit
> them with a hammer, and my scissors didn't cut them. Any ideas?
>

Tin snips or aviation snips. I've never been sure of the difference,
I have both, and I'm pretty sure it was the latter that I used. I once
roughly tried cutting them, and it came out surprisingly clean. The
CD certainly didn't shatter. Wait, I just tried cutting an AOL disk
and it shattered badly. When I tried it some years back, I was using
real music CDs (I'd found a bunch of demos in the garbage, I wish I'd
taken more for the cases) and maybe the AOL disks are manufactured of
cheaper material.

Michael