Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The (re) Purpose of Metals

So, I spent the past week creating and designing.  I wanted to continue the process of incorporating metals with floral design.  I started sketching (important process for me), and then took a trip to metal recycling.  Call it  repurposing, reusing...dumpster-diving!!, I was able to retrieve some scrap pieces of aluminum and stainless steel that I had HUGE plans for!!!!...below is the process....

combination recycled steel/floral design
stainless steel base/design close-up

 the process/ stainless steel (welded supports)
finished structure (ready to plant)



scrap aluminum base

holes drilled/ready for planting

finished design: water tubes added

additional design

3rd aluminum scrap design (Amaranthus/Dahlia)