39. O-ri-ga-mi.

This traditional Japanese folk art began in the 17th century, and it’s still being used to this day. Start with a piece of paper or even some unused money!

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21. Wrap it up.

Tired of looking at your sculpture or any everyday object? Cover it with a cloth, bed sheet or giant tarp. Ex. Christo’s ‘Wrapped Bottle,’ 1958.

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13. Play with fire.

Ex. While camping, put a few lead fishing weights into an empty metal can and place the can carefully on your campfire. Carve something into a bar of soap, and in a few minutes, when the lead has completely liquified, slowly pour the lead into your mold and let it cool.

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12. If you’re stuck in a dust bowl, use that dust. Land art is a great way to make art inexpensively, and with what’s around you.

Ex. James Turrell purchased Roden Crater in 1979, and has been pushing dirt to create a gigantic naked-eye observatory ever since.

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6. When your story is best told in three dimensions, consider an armature; a structural skeleton that provides stability to a framework.

Ex. Hadrosaurus Foulkii, Bronze, 15′, 2003. Haddonfield, NJ. Built from heavy, stiff aluminum wire.

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4. Sand is not an obvious, but useful material. Dry sand is loose, but when the proper amount of water is applied, sand becomes adherent.

Ex. Sand made into scultpure, at the “Dinostory” exhibit in Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

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3. You can create images by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone or other materials, in a process called mosaic.

Ex. 3rd Century mosaics of Bikini Girls at the Villa Romana in Sicily.

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