Friday, July 14, 2006

Strange Weeds

Weeding today, I came across another great find:

The Art of Aluminum Foil by Jane Hinton and Hugh Olleer (1974).

The introduction:

"Of the many new materials that offer a challenge to the artistic imagination, one of the most appealing is aluminum foil.

It is inexpensive and readily available.

It is not essential to know what foil is in order to make things with it, any more than it is necessary to understand the nature of pigments in order to paint pictures.

Among the fascinating projects described...making a model bird, a fairy princess costume, a popcorn chain (this was the best- imagine scrunched up tin foil balls on a piece of string - thank goodness we have the step by step instructions!!!)

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