FOUND OBJECTS ART

How to Create Art From Found Objects

by Steff Metal

Found art (from the French objet trouvé) is a specific type of art that focuses on creating artworks from objects that aren’t normally considered art. The objects chosen are undisguised—so you can understand their pre-art form—but are often modified to create new and interesting ideas and concepts.

This method of creating fine art from everyday objects (originating with Marcel Duchamp in 1915) was quite a shock to to the art wold of that time—it gave commonplace objects a dignity that challenged the ideas of what was and wasn’t strictly art.

But found object art is actually nothing new. Since humankind first walked the earth we have been creating art from objects we find—drilling holes in pretty stones to make necklaces, stringing shells together to create headdresses and belts and even decorating churches and sacred places with skulls and bones.

Nowadays found art is a popular medium for artists, especially those concerned with themes of consumerism and the environmental impact of human occupation. Found object artists might create sculptures or assemblages that simply function as artworks, or they may create art that can be worn, such as found-art clothing and jewelry.

Here are some ways you can use found objects in your own artwork:

1. Using found objects to represent themes

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Can we Create Art that Combines Both Intellect AND Emotion?

I like to think of myself as an intellectual artist. I don’t mean to say that I am superiorly intelligent, I just mean that my work (and the art that inspires me) stimulates the intellect as opposed to the emotions. So where does that leave me in a very emotion-orientated field?

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FOUND OBJECTS ARTIST

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FOUND OBJECTS – BEAUTIFUL ART

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What draws us to take an unusual object, study it, turn it over in our hands and then decide to create a majical piece of art from it? For me personally it is many things. The desire to keep a little piece of history close to my heart, my own experiences from being in the antique business since I was a young teen, and the need to create above and beyond the norm.

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