Junk art at its best
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342100)
Rockingham, Australia
September 9, 2017 3:26am CST
I’ve put up photos from time to time of ‘junk art’ or statues made from all sorts of bits and pieces. Here is another horse which I thought was cleverly done. It was in a garden full of such things at a heavy horse farm which I’ll post more about later. It is also the place where I fell over and sat on two rotten apples.
Somewhere among the brochures I have the name of the farm.
I tend to take home a lot of the brochures I’ve collected during a trip but they can be weighty. Sometimes I type the information I need or I might take a photograph of the relevant pages that I need. Do you take home any keepsakes from the trips you make?
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
9 Sep 17
Last year we had to dump all the brochures and information stuff we had gathered over our trip because we were really quite overweight. I guess you could take photos of it to upload later at home?
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
9 Sep 17
My husband took home thousand of brochures. Most of the time we had to buy an additional luggage because he had all those stuff to take on the plane with him. I got mad with this habit, most of those brochures are still hunting me in boxes in the basement.
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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• India
9 Sep 17
Earlier I used to take back some souvenirs or pamphlets from a trip back to home. However now it's more about pictures and videos.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Sep 17
These kind of sculptures were popular 20 years ago, this one is less bad than what I see usually. I did not even took a photo of the last one I saw (a bee made with junk, in a public garden).
I used to buy a lot of brochures, I do not do it anymore, and I have dumped many when I moved. I also do not always remember where I took a picture.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
9 Sep 17
The horse is a real masterpiece! The artist brought the junk alive.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
10 Sep 17
@JudyEv Same here!If only they painted the horse!
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@JudyEv (342100)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep 17
@changjiangzhibin89 Yes, I guess that might have been better but I wouldn't have liked trying to paint all those bits and pieces.
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@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
9 Sep 17
This is amazing! The person who created this must have spent a lot of time doing this. It's hard to piece together pieces to make it look like something. There are a number of really talented people who enjoy doing this sort of thing.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 Sep 17
keepsakes, I just take photos. That is one cool horse!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 Sep 17
@JudyEv When we go to a new spot for a vacation I usually get myself a souvenir coffee mug, that's about it!
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@JudyEv (342100)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Sep 17
@AbbyGreenhill I sometimes buy a coffee mug but really I have too many mugs as it is - and I already have a pile of tea-towels from various places. They seem too pretty to use.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Sep 17
That is an interesting statue. Yes, there have been times I have taken home a lot of brochures.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Sep 17
When I was a kid, I collected brochures from all over the place, even though I had never been anywhere.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Sep 17
@JudyEv - A few, but mainly I thought it was cool to have stuff from all over the place.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
9 Sep 17
It looks if you oil it and press the button it will start walking
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
13 Apr 18
What a beautiful piece of art work @JudyEv ! I am really impressed ! yes I do carry all possible brochures while I am visiting any interesting place as sovenirs and if I feel that they are becomimg bulky to care I simply take the pictures by Phone like what you do ! Thanks a lot for sharing such a beautiful piece of an art!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
10 Sep 17
First off, that is a lovely piece of art. Whoever did it is a genius indeed!
As for your question, yes, I do take keepsakes from my trips. Usually it is a shirt or two and a couple of souvenir items. Plus lots of photos and memories. Nowadays, I find myself getting key chains and ref magnets from the places that I have visited.
The story of you sitting on two rotten apples sounds interesting, would you care to post about that?
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
13 Sep 17
@JudyEv thanks for the link. Reading the post now.
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@JudyEv (342100)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep 17
I used to keep all sorts of things but then it was all becoming too much. Magnets are good for me now as they don't take too much room. The apple story is here:
I like all animals, especially horses and especially heavy or draught horses. I learnt to ride on one of these gentle giants and in our last few days in France...
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@velvet53 (22533)
• Palisade, Colorado
14 Sep 17
I love junk art and have seen some pretty amazing things that were made. I love this horse. He is so majestic if that makes any sense.
I used to bring things home and yes. lots of brochures. I don't travel much anymore so I don't have to worry about which ones I want to keep.
You have so much fun and I enjoy coming over here and reading about all the many places you have been.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
14 Sep 17
I like fridge magnets from vacations I;ve been on. That horse is awesome btw!
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
15 Sep 17
@JudyEv That was my thinking, too. So far I've only missed one - from my trip to Vegas :-)
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