Monday, August 18, 2014

Discover How To Create Scrap Metal Garden Art

By Linda Ruiz


Just about everyone knows what garden ornaments are. Many people choose to buy yard decorations in the local garden supply shop but there are a growing number of folks who choose to make their own. There are several websites that provide step by step instruction on creating metal garden art from scraps and junk. The first step is to start collecting things that you think will make an interesting ornament for your yard.

Learn to identify pieces of scrap that can be turned into art. Check in the shed, basement, and garage for items that you are no longer using. An old rim from a tire, old window frames, old silverware, watering can, or broken and rusty gardening tools are ideal for creating yard art.

Other things that you can use as the center of your work include wheelbarrows or old ladders. These are items that can be a great start to a masterpiece. Using your imagination, you can turn any item into an ornament for the yard. Try sanding and painting some items to add color to your yard.

Collect a wire cutter, old hooks, pliers, and a tin punch. These are the tools to use when you create your artwork. Some people will even weld the junk together to create a variety of creatures and animals for the garden creatures and animals. For a really unique effect, combine rusted pieces with painted items.

After you have collected a good amount of junk, examine what you have to help get your creative side engaged. You can lay out pieces and then rearrange them as many times as you need to get an idea of what you will do with them. Some folks need to add more junk to their collection before they come up with a plan. Your project will begin to take form as soon as and idea is formed.

Some very interesting pieces have been created when folks let their creative side take control. Coffee and soup cans are often used to create tin men using an old tin funnel for the hat. Using a thin piece sheet metal and tin snips you can create wind catchers and sounders to hang in the yard.

Use the internet to find instructions and video demonstrations on how to make a tin man for the garden. Using old silverware and wire hangers make wind chimes for the yard. Bed springs, an old kitchen pot, and an old rim from a tire, can be used to make garden creatures. Get creative and let the imagination go wild.

Using a tin snip cut thin metal into strips. Twist the strips and then use the punch to make a hole on one end of each strip. Use wire and hang the strips to make wind catchers. You can cut smaller pieces and hang them from an old whisk or string then together creating a wind sounder. These sounders are similar to chimes but have softer sounds. Using your imagination there is no limit to what you can make.




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