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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 17:52:10 GMT -5
Honestly.
My kids think I am nuts, (not that kind of nuts...) and I want to know what other adults think...
I have 5 acres of land that is mostly sand and pumice stone. Apparently there have been a lot of rednecks with target shooting habits who have lived here over the years... And, it has seen a few burn pile locations as well...
I have entire little areas of my property that have tons of glass shards and metal. It drives me nuts because it both looks trashy and I fear for my dog's feet. (And, the other wildlife.)
So, my exercise plan for my weight loss is to rake, clean, de-limb, etc... my entire property over 3 years. I am now about 2/3 done and my yard looks great!
As I am cleaning I am finding these weird things. I have hunks of metal in cool shapes that look to be part of old furniture or some mechanical tools. I have old cars and toys, legos, bones!, antler, a burned pool ball, an old baseball, and just other odd stuff.
So, what's weird? I have been collecting some of the odder things for a future art project. I was going to put everything in a jar, but now I think I am going to make a sort of wall-sculpture where I glue everything on a board and note on the back how it came to be. I figured I would hang it in the garage and leave it for the next owner someday.
Weird?
My mom suggested keeping the glass and making mosaics from it, but I am nearly done with all the glass areas and down to mostly just clear sheet glass...
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Post by Apple on Jun 11, 2014 17:57:04 GMT -5
I think stuff like that welded together can make some pretty cool yard art (Gnome-be-gones are fun), so I guess I can't say it's too weird.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 17:57:24 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by kittensaver on Jun 11, 2014 17:59:05 GMT -5
Not weird. Have fun with your art
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Post by busymom on Jun 11, 2014 18:07:57 GMT -5
I agree with Kittensaver. Most folks would be annoyed with that clean-up, but if you can get creative with some of the stuff that was left behind, go for it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 18:08:52 GMT -5
If it makes you happy and it's not harming anyone, who cares who thinks it's weird?
Full disclosure, people have said I'm weird or things I do/like are weird often enough that it doesn't faze me anymore. So I may not be the best person to offer an opinion on weird stuff.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 11, 2014 18:10:09 GMT -5
Have fun with it. Be creative.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 18:11:38 GMT -5
If it makes you happy and it's not harming anyone, who cares who thinks it's weird? My theory on life...
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jun 11, 2014 18:14:18 GMT -5
Not weird at all! You might be able to create some really interesting & funky wall-art that would be a real conversation piece.
Many here know I do art and I like to explore all mediums - whether sketching, painting, pottery, or almost anything.
You might end up with a really cool wall sculpture !
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Post by dannylion on Jun 11, 2014 18:32:33 GMT -5
It's not hurting anyone, it's not illegal, it's not even immoral. Who cares what anyone else thinks about it. It's not like you're asking them to participate. People should mind their own business and leave other people alone who are just going their own way and not hurting anyone.
Do what you want with your own stuff and have fun with it.
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Post by Malarky on Jun 11, 2014 18:58:29 GMT -5
It reminds me of DD's ENT. He has a really cool sculpture on his office wall of all the myriad things he's pulled out of kid's ears over the years. It's a remarkable selection of items.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Jun 11, 2014 20:00:53 GMT -5
artists ARE weird. It's part of the charm.
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Post by alabamagal on Jun 12, 2014 8:43:32 GMT -5
Your kids are late teens/early 20s right? Kids that age think their parents are weird no matter what!
Have fun!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 12, 2014 9:13:37 GMT -5
I think it sounds awesome!
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Post by haapai on Jun 12, 2014 9:51:11 GMT -5
What's weird about that? I thought everyone did that.
My grandfather had an awesome collection of arrowheads, old farm implements, old glass insulators, bones and his neighbors' muskrat traps (found on his land) displayed in his pole barn. I sorta grew up believing that that was what you did with strange stuff that you found on your property.
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Post by haapai on Jun 12, 2014 9:56:22 GMT -5
Another way of looking at the project is that even if the next owners consider it god-awful trash, they'll at least appreciate you picking it up and making it easier to chuck.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 9:57:00 GMT -5
I think it's a wonderful idea. Creativity is good for your brain.
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Post by tloonya on Jun 12, 2014 10:17:59 GMT -5
Next time they ask for money tell them 'weirdly enough I am not feeling like partaking in this exchange'
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 11:00:27 GMT -5
What's weird about that? I thought everyone did that. My grandfather had an awesome collection of arrowheads, old farm implements, old glass insulators, bones and his neighbors' muskrat traps (found on his land) displayed in his pole barn. I sorta grew up believing that that was what you did with strange stuff that you found on your property. DH found a phone book and lighter in a closet in our condo and put the book in a shadow box. I used the lighter. He found some rusty ass knife in the yard and kept that. I found all the garbage that the morons renovating the place dumped out, instead of using a dumpster they used the yard. Alas, I had no interest in keeping tile spacers and window weights.
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Post by Abby Normal on Jun 12, 2014 12:58:46 GMT -5
They won't think it's weird when you sell that "art" for a ton of money.
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Post by suesinfl on Jun 12, 2014 14:58:34 GMT -5
I think it's a neat idea, especially if you can work in some before and after pictures of your yard.
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Post by Works4me on Jun 12, 2014 15:08:12 GMT -5
I think it is totally cool - can't wait to see pix!
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Post by greeniis10 on Jun 12, 2014 16:06:24 GMT -5
agilemom beat me to it! That's exactly what I was going to say. This could be an opportunity, who knows? Enjoy and post pictures if you can. I'd love to see it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 19:01:12 GMT -5
It sounds like a fabulous idea to me - sort of like getting lemons and making lemonade. Please post a picture of your creation when it's finished. Art is what speaks to us and helps us tell our story to the world, whether they understand it or not.
And thanks for thinking about the paws that might step on the sharp stuff.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Jun 12, 2014 20:46:11 GMT -5
It sounds creative and a marking of a certain period of your life in a work of art ! I like things like that.
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Post by skubikky on Jun 13, 2014 6:14:46 GMT -5
Sounds good. If there is any reasonable amount of metal artifacts see if you can't turn some of that into cash at a scrap metal place?
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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 13, 2014 9:10:12 GMT -5
What's wrong with weird? One person's weird is another person's interesting.
I'm actually surprised that your kids think it's weird. I'm always noticing how many unusual things my kids think are interesting or cool. I'd come to the conclusion that kids today are more open minded to new and unusual things due to the internet, it exposes them to things and ideas from all over, not just the ideas in their own backyard.
Maybe it is just my kids that are weird. DS2 built a reliquary for the bits and pieces left behind when his bass was stolen, as one semester's project in furniture design/woodworking. He also plays Quidditch in college.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2014 12:03:50 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for confirmation that I am not off my rocker on this one. I look at it kinda like an archaeology dig. All of the crap the white man has littered a simple 5 acres with in the last couple hundred years.... I find it both interesting what I am finding, and disgusting that people don't clean up their crap. As for scrap, yes! All the metal found is getting scrapped, if not a smaller chunk used in my project.
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