Recycling!

I`m always into finding old or broken objects and changing them into works of art. I found an old globe that was being thrown out which I could not let that happen. So I took it in with all the other objects I bring home. The map of the globe was peeling off but i fixed that. I painted the whole thing, painted a new map and wrote and old saying around the center. "Open your eyes Dreamer and Explore the World"

I think it turned out pretty cool and it looks great in my office!

 Very Old Project-
My family is very musical. My dad has a gorgeous twelve string guitar which he adores. He usually brings out his guitar on special occasions and we all listen and sing along with him.  His guitar case was so used that it started to fall apart. He was very lucky though, because on one of my strange adventures of cleaning an abandoned apartment I found a guitar case in perfect condition. I gave my dad the gently used case, but when I saw that he was going to through out his old guitar case I had to stop him.
It was in a very bad condition. The leather was peeling off and the hinges were broken in half. It no longer was together but I could not let it go to waste. My family thinking I am crazy as I was running away with a broken case had little faith in my creative talent.
I bought some gorilla glue and black tape and used that to keep the leather down. I was not expecting it to work as good as it did but it turned out pretty good. Next I went to Canadian tire and bought some new hinges. I attached those and decided the paint the front of the case.
Here is what it looked like:

So than I had a finished guitar case, beautifully painted with new hinges. My family to this day believes I have a problem with collecting objects that are "trash" and turning them into something useful. The day I sold this guitar case for $40.00 I think changed their minds on my little hobby.

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