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rusted cans of paint on an old wooden structure

A study in the beauty of decay. These photos of rust were taken on a day I learned that a family member had been diagnosed with cancer. I'm sure I departed from my usual practice of photographing beautiful landscapes in an effort to remind myself that you can find beauty even in decay if you look deeply enough. The subject is rusted corrugated aluminum sheets.

Rust

Rust and peeling paint, Iron Horse boatyard, Faversham

Bamboo rust, caused by Kweilingia divina (syn. Dasturella divina) (photograph by Matthew Goo)

Panasonic C-625AF

Kodak Gold 200

Den Bosch, Netherlands, October 2024

I found a crying rust on a wall.

I took the photo with my Nokia N73.

This old fellow can be found at the Victorian Steam Center in Melbourne, Australia.

Detail view of the garden fireplace. Too hot fire destroyed the varnish and left the sheer metal. After a few weeks most of the fireplace ist rusted from the rain.

These lilies (along with the rusty fence) belong to my neighbor. When they blossom, it's like the entire fencerow has gone up in flames.

It's been kind of rainy today, so I decided to take my Thursday walk (this would be the Utata Thursday Walk) close to home (read: in my yard) so that if it started to pour, I wouldn't be too far away. Also, me + rain + photography don't mix too well... snapping shots of a rainstorm last summer was how I fried my last camera.

Day 7 - 365 Project

Seems an lot of it on our Alexanders this spring. A lot more than usual, the Romans found not be eating it for their veggies in this condition!

A rusting cylindrical tank and construction equipment sit out in the elements.

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2012 Ferienfahrt Europapark Rust

A rusted door handle in Madrid

Iron Ore ship frontage

rust subjects dancing on the metal wide format print

Union of Myanmar flag painted on rusted corrugated tin siding of a warehouse near Sittwe, Arkahine State, Myanmar.

cleveland rust city

2006 December 27 - Rust along the left back corner of the Nissan Sentra's trunk hood. Water would seep in and drip into the trunk, yuck. No "before" pic available. I tried aluminum tape but it curled and water stayed underneath it. Then I tried spray painting the rusted areas with Rust-o-leum Hammered bronze paint. Works great so far! If it starts leaking again, I'll try caulking around the rubber seal edge.

" It is better to wear than to rust out."

I'm attempting to make it a practice to keep an eye out for textures. I'm also making these available for download if you are interested. If you use one please leave a comment or mark as a favorite.

Rust and decay at its finest hour!

This piece was started previously in Art 520 - see that set to see how it looked prior to the rubbings. I rusted the fabric by placing it with rusted found objects and applying a vinegar/water mix. That gave it a wonderful, aged texture. This semester, in revisiting past pieces, I decided to add more marks to it through using oil based paint sticks and doing rubbings of some of my linoleum blocks and other found textured items. I look the overlapping and transparency created in the layers. Once again, I'm fascinated by the whole concept of creating layers in my artwork due to how I see them as a metaphor for life.

rust at Jenkintown, PA train station

An old truck in Bayfield

Rust. Washed up shipping container.

It bothers me a lot that there's a difference in the clouds either side of the handle, but that's just the way it was!

Rust in Peace