an art zine created by Megan Noël Issue Five

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Putting the Found Back into Found Objects By Megan Nol Found object art is a really big deal right now. Simply everyone is incorporating everything but the kitchen sink into paintings, assemblage art, jewelry, dolls, and you name it. Personally, I am all for it. But as far as I am concerned -- the more found the better. Now, this does not mean I never buy anything off eBay, on-line or in a collage pack. I do. But the spirit of found object art is lost the more one lets others find their objects for them. So next time you make found object art, try raiding your garage or attic, or walking around on the beach, in the forest, or in your local industrial district. I am fortunate to live in Seattle. I can go to the beach, the forest, or to any of several manufacturing districts in search of my clutter. Actually, I work in a small industrial part of Seattle, near the ship canal, and near several auto shops/ wrecking yards so there are lots of goodies to find just lying on the sidewalk. Following are lists of items to look for, and a few images of objects in my collection. But don't let that limit you -- use this article as a spring board to take you where no objects has been found before! Search high and low for the perfect -- and usually free or cheap object to feature in your next creation! And, if you are new to this, you might be wondering, not only what can you find (see following pages) but what can you DO with what you find? Use Found Objects in: Assemblage Boxes (See this Issue) Basketry Bead Embroidery (see issue 3) Bracelets Ceramics Collage Dolls (Coming in Next Issue!) Free Form Peyote (see issue 1) Greeting Cards Necklaces Paintings Purses (See issue 4) Quilts Sculptures Shrines (Coming in issue 7!) Tassels Wall Hangings Weavings Wirework (See this issue) Now: Where do you look? What do you look for? At The Beach Shells Rocks Crabs Parts Beach Glass Drift Wood Eggshells Bones Strange Things the Tide Drug In Sanddollars Sea Urchins Feathers On The Street Bits of Metal Washers Bolts Pieces of Random Paper Feathers Weird Things I Don't Know What They Are. In The Forest Bones Feathers Egg Shells Empty Nest Leaves Flowers Bark Twigs Lichen Moss Mushrooms for Spore Prints Acorns Seeds Pods Dead Bugs Treasures From Mother Nature In The Attic Game Pieces Old Letters Broken Toys Lost Dolls Old Clothes to Cut Up Holiday Decorations Which Have Seen Better Days Old Kitchen Stuff Old Wooden Rulers and Tools Strange Stuff You Don't Know Why You Saved Old Boxes Puzzle Pieces

Wire Worked Wonders by Megan Noël

Websites For Inspiration! Wee Lad Studio CR Radding Keith Lo Bue Thomas Mann Susan Lenart Kazmer

Excavation, An altered book by Megan Noël

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Incest--There are No Words, An altered book in progress by Megan Noël

Found Object Polymer Books by Gerri Newfry

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