My best friend from forever ago is having a birthday this weekend and I wanted to come up with something I could make for her. When I indiscreetly asked her for some hints, she suggested I make something that, when she looked at it, would remind her of me. She also happened to mention that she had been dressing the walls of her office lately.
Enter vinyl records of artists from our “wild” days. Ok…to give you an idea of our wildness factor, my search for records included Paul Simon, Bruce Springstein, and (brace yourself) Heart. Originally, I was just going to make a clock, but after seeing some of the other record crafts, I went ahead and did a few more things.
In addition to the clock, I made two bowls and some bracelets made from colored vinyl (above). The clock and the bowls were stupidly easy. For the clock, I used movements from a clock we didn’t use anymore and spraypainted them silver. And the bowls were simply placed in the oven over a form for about a minute or two. They quickly begin to melt into beautifully interesting shapes.
The cuffs, on the other hand, were kind of a bear. They were difficult to cut and I had to continually put them in and out of the oven to get their shape right. You can see the cuffs being totally rocked by their recipient below.
Happy Birthday, Christine. And long live Simon and Garfunkel!
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