That's Trash!

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Swap Coordinator:	BelleSouth (contact)
Swap categories:	Random Items
Number of people in swap:	7
Location:	International
Type:	Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:	June 11, 2010
Date items must be sent by:	July 10, 2010
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
A member of this group recently did a swap that inspired an idea for a swap for us. @camelsamba did a Trash Postcard and I thought it looked pretty cool - see her's here and here . So, here is the swap for us: make a SKINNY (3 x 5) of trash you may find on the sidewalk, roadside, parking lot, etc. You may use some art media to accent it, but it should be 90% trash. In the photo above, I splashed alcohol inks over the cellophane wrapper that I used for the background. Mine is sort of 3D, because of the trash I found. I live on a country road and the traffic consists of a lot of horse trailers and pickup trucks, so I guess that's why there where metal pieces around. You can make it 3D, or flat. It can be a image of something (mine's a hobby horse) or random pieces put together in a pleasing pattern. One Skinny for one partner. As always, have fun with it!

Discussion

crescendo 06/ 1/2010 #

ooh cool! Nice trash!

bluehighways 06/ 2/2010 #

I think I can find lots of "good" trash just in my vehicle :|

crescendo 06/ 3/2010 #

Oh good thinking! It is so rainy here I would have to root in the mud to find trash, but my husband leaves our pickup truck looking like a trashcan inside, haha. Drives me nuts...but then I should talk, you should see my van. I guess people who live in glass dumpsters should not throw old gum wrappers.

camelsamba 06/ 6/2010 #

I've been finding all sorts of colorful bits on the sidewalks lately, and I've been stockpiling them. Time to move from the watchlist to the swap list!

crescendo 06/ 6/2010 #

Is it fair if I gathered my trash from my husband's wood/metal shop and not from outdoors? I found some good crap in there in his trash and have already made my skinny, but don't want it to be against the rules.

bluehighways 06/ 7/2010 #

trash is trash in my opinion. If it would otherwise go in the garbage I would think it's fair game...what say our all mighty hostess??

BelleSouth 06/ 8/2010 #

mighty? haha!

trash is trash, no matter where you find it so if it's trash it's fair game!

wait, did someone already say that?

crescendo 06/ 9/2010 #

I was just thinking about if my husband went into MY trash and made stuff with it...I would think that was pretty odd. Mighty odd in fact. Of course, I don't throw much of anything away, it can all be used for making SOMETHING!!

BelleSouth 06/ 9/2010 #

Well, we're expected to be odd! :)

I have a hard time throwing a lot of things away as well. I have containers for different size scraps, with the absolute conviction that some day I WILL find a use for them!

crescendo 06/10/2010 #

MMMM, I love sorting my scraps and crap by size and color. And then refining the sort, and refining that sort and....rinse and repeat

bluehighways 06/10/2010 #

I was just working on an art paper swap - I went around my studio picking up bits of "stuff" aka trash from the floor and gessoing it to a 18x24 sheet of paper, next stop - the bottom of my purse

crescendo 06/12/2010 #

oooh, then you can make Serendipity Trash squares! (Sounds like some kind of dessert)

bluehighways 06/13/2010 #

uh-huh - the paper will be cut into 4 for 4 partners...and that does sound like a dessert! LOL

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