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 RECYCLING AS AN ART FORM
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A creative imagination stretching art form, that anyone can do. It involves the joining together of discarded or unwanted items, to create something decorative and pleasing to the eye.

Popularity
Since ancient times man has brightened his life with adornments, sometimes made from precious, sometimes adapted materials. None more so than in the present, throw away culture of the twenty first century.

Location
Recycled art can be created and displayed anywhere, both indoors and outside. For the ordinary artist it would normally be displayed in their own home or garden.

Age
The youngest of children can and should be encouraged to experiment with this activity, as it teaches an appreciation of shapes and different textures. You are never to old to start this activity.

Ability
Imagination; The ability to take a used or broken object and turn in to an item of interest or beauty. The only limitation to this art form is the artists own artistic perception.

Description
Many commonly found discarded items, can with a little imagination be used as an artistic adornment. They can be used singularly as an enhancement to some other decoration (floral decoration), or in a group or collection to create an abstract or recognizable vision. Recycled items are also used for personal adornment and jewellery. The basic item can be reshaped to create a required effect, and are often coloured.

Dedication
This is an activity for the individualist. Seeing not what an object is, but what it could be.

Closely Related Activities
Scrap Metal Sculpture 518, Flower Arranging 260, Dried Flower Arranging 261, Gardening 736, Jewellery Making 838,

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

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