This hot fish, with its vintage tractor temperature gauge, measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". It is handmade from recycled, repurposed objects.

This would look great in a grouping with some of the other recycled, found object fish offered here!

It is $55.

altered ceramic figurine

Found object...

Found on the last trip to Target. Which really is the last place you should be if you have credit issues.

My other favorite project this week are my Retro Earrings! My co-worker and friend Beth found this fabulous necklace in an antique store in Micanopy, FL. I asked her if she was going to buy it, she laughed and said no. So I scooped it up to repurpose. The beads are glass, somehow cracked on the inside but completely smooth on the outside.

To keep the retro feel, but with a modern twist, I dangled the clear beads from Sterling silver chain and earwires. These are fabulously long and swing-y earrings! They hang right down to my shoulders! I'm going to truly hate parting with them!

$12.60

Seattle, 2025

i spy:

a snowglobe

a pumpkin bucket

a fruit cup

Pull up a chair ...

You go out the front door and what do you see? Nanna's sofa!

Lots of pointy bits when viewed in original size.

found objects collage from a walk with my dog ..path collaged from book text and other stuff just glued..the walk was more exciting than the collage shows!!

Another piece that is very tricky to photograph. Looks much richer and more detailed in 'reality'

Someday...I'll have professional photos done :-)

Beach treasure in my son's hand

Taken whilst walking in the backstreets around Kings Cross.

Barnacles and rust found on a old shopping trolley by the Maribyrnong River.

probably my darkest piece

Molly Hewitt's installation of sculptures and found objects on the Ray Yoshida shelves at the Roger Brown Study Collection.

A little mouse i found at a thrift store.......Sitting in a nest i found.....

Back of my simple palm sized reflection-meditation super bowl.

When pondering the meaning of art, images of toilet cubicles are not likely to spring to mind. Or are they? Found Object artwork took a radical and outrageous approach in challenging society’s conceptions of the meaning of art.

artincontext.org/found-object-art/

Gotta love the alley. You've got plenty of creamy, liquid shortening to go with your bucket of pickles.

My collection of sea glass. Collected over time from various places. Some of them are nice and smooth, others aren't. I'm not picky. :D

An example of what I can do with found objects or existing pieces. Mary and Bert had a lovely life as Christmas ornaments until our tree fell, one year, and they broke so that they couldn't be hung anymore. My mother was heartbroken, so for her birthday a week later, I created a rooftop for them to frolic on, year-round.