For the last year or so I have been making necklaces from found street metal, mostly washers. I give them as gifts and have a bit of a collection going. Some are really wacky - like the bicycle petal - and others truly sublime. Finding these detritus jewels is haphazard, and I have a great opportunity to sell a quantity of them to Aveda for an annual conference so I drove out to Queens to Build It Green and found a great assortment. Not quite as artfully rusted as I would find on the street, but I hope to be able to leave them out in the yard and let nature work her magic over the next several weeks.
You can see some pics above, along with a riverside view back toward Manhattan and the industrial area where BIG is located. I scavenged around in the parking lot a bit and found some antique key holes as well. Got lost going, and went in circles coming back, but it was a nice little adventure for a summer city Friday.
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