Your trash….my treasures
In an effort to celebrate Earthday all year long, Freecycle is a great place. We’ve donated some great working items, a hot tub, snow blower, cerwin vega speakers, and some other items. These were all items on their way to the dump and were given a second chance at life with a new family. I’ve posted requests for other wanted items in the past, ephemera, vintage photos and national geographic magazines.
It’s just a natural step to jump in head over heels into collecting found objects for two upcoming classes I am taking at The Stamp Act in Marshfield, MA and also at Absolutely Everything in Topsfield, MA.
Head Sea Scrolls: Art for the Head
Pez Dispensing Totems
I am obsessed with finding recycled objects. Today I posted a WANTED request on Freecycle in Hingham, Quincy, and Boston.
Here’s my posting on Freecycle:
Subject: 
WANTED: Old Stuff: door handles, clocks, brass objects, locks, rusty stuff…etc
I am an artist. I enjoy working with recycled art. I use old rusty stuff such as:
Doodads
door handles
clocks
brass, copper, steel and iron objects
door pulls
locks
keys
glass bottles
lenses
hinges
old mason jars
gears
hooks
nails
hammers
tools
typewriters
old keyboards
apple computers
metal frames
pretty much anything can be recycled into art
If you know someone that has an old garage or attic full of stuff they want to get rid of, I’d be happy to be that person to help clean out the garage/attic.
Ok, here’s the funny part…I won’t clean out my garage/attic but I am willing to go into a stranger’s home to find hidden treasures. I’ve actually received some cool responses.
Here’s what we’ve been promised received so far:
~2 mason jars of Boston cab keys from the 1980’s
~ 6 doorknobs, a few hinges, metal scraps from a renovation, and a piece of marble.
~rusty nails, and old tools
It’s so amazing to see how generous complete strangers are. This weekend we are off to the local flea markets to see what we can get our hands on. Wish us luck.
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