Even broken pots can be recycled with imagination and creativity. Here are lots of super cool ideas to get them back.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himEverything can have a second chance, even i broken vases. Which creatively recycled are transformed into original and precious objects. With the kintsugi technique, for example, ceramic vases are reborn simply by combining the fragments with gold and silver. By using terracotta pots it is possible to create suggestive miniature gardens. And the fragments, following the example of some artists, can themselves become exhibits.
Le ideas of creative reuse there are countless, here are 8 to draw inspiration from.
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Broken pots: how to recycle them with the Kintsugi technique
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Woe to throw away the shattered ceramic vases, the kintsugi technique not only allows you to repair them but makes them unique and precious. It is a Japanese artistic technique that repairs broken objects using mixtures based on gold or silver dust, but also bronze, brass or copper.
How to recycle a broken vase using this technique?
- Get some epoxy resin and gold powder. Mix them in a bowl.
- Spread the mixture on the crack of a first fragment, which will be immediately glued to the mating fragment. Maintain the position for a few minutes until they are well attached.
- Continue in the same way with the other fragments of the vase until the repair is complete.
Broken pots: how to recycle them to make a miniature garden
What better way to recycle broken terracotta pots than by turning them into cute ones miniature gardens?
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Those inspired by fairy worlds are particularly fashionable, enriched with magical doors and fairy-tale creatures. Shanty loves it naturally on her youtube channel explains how to make one in a few steps.
- Start by pouring a layer of soil into a broken pot that will act as a container
- Wedge smaller shards inside by inserting more soil, so as to form planes
- Plant green plants here and there and add some moss, then make the steps with simple fragments of terracotta. Between one step and the other, place some moss
- At the top of the garden, place a piece of bark to simulate a castle or a small house
- All that remains is to add gnomes, fairies and other fairy tale characters
Broken vases: how to recycle them with the collage technique
The fragments of broken vases can be recycled through the collage technique. How? Covering a new vase with the collected pieces, which can be painted in various colors if desired.
If you want to get more, you can arrange the earthenware or ceramic fragments on a wooden board covered with a thick cloth, and cut them into small pieces with the help of a hammer. Be careful not to get hurt and better protect your eyes with protective work glasses.
To apply the fragments on the intact vase, you can use a resistant glue suitable for the materials used, depending on whether it is terracotta, ceramic, glass or other vases.
To obtain a result similar to the following, add the white grout between the fragments and wait for it to dry, removing the excess.
Creative recycling of broken vases: 5 artistic ideas
Thanks to the creativity of the artists, the broken vases are transformed into real works of art. Here are 5 truly original ideas.
Creative recycling broken pots with twine
Artist Glen Martin Taylor recycles broken objects in a very original way, reassembling them with strings, branches, wire and other unexpected materials. A truly unusual technique.
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Creative recycling of broken vases with the kintsugi technique and golden metal wire
The artist Charlotte Bailey revisits the kintsugi technique in her own way using, in addition to gold dust, golden metal threads to reassemble the various fragments.
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Creative recycling of broken vases: the fragments become works of art
Bouke de Vries does not repair broken vases, but recovers the fragments by placing them in glass vases that become artistic exhibits.
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Broken vases become sculptures
The artist Yeesookyung recycles broken vases using the kintsugi technique but instead of making them resemble the original, he creates wonderful sculptures.
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Broken vases become paintings
Victoria Raymond uses many recycled materials in her works including broken vases. In this project the fragments are reborn in the form of a painting.
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- How to build mini-gardens from broken pots
- Broken glasses and cups: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of glass and ceramic fragments
