I saw this wonderful idea in a store window when wandering around North Park in San Diego. I was so inspired by it I snapped a few shots...and then went on about my business and forgot all about them ! I just came across the photos while rummaging through my iPhotos and was inspired again...so I thought I best share...
How cool is this !!! Drapes made out of old slides ! They were linked together with two little O rings on each side. They hung beautifully, and what a great light display on a sunny day...love these !
Of course it made me want to investigate what other ideas people have come up with for old slides...so I created and Etsy Treasury list to show you.
Check out the whole Kodachrome Treasury here and please share some ideas you may have for all our old slides.
Wow! These are some amazing creations. Who would have thought you could make something from old slides?
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ReplyDeleteThanks Karen... This is an old post I forgot about...thanks for bringing it back to my attention, I still love the idea!
DeleteCan you tell me what the slide tealight holders are made of? Thank you! Monique
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DeleteI didn't make these, though I believe the slides were just attached to square votive candle holders, pretty easy to do I think. Hope you can try it, they are pretty cool.
Enjoy...Denise
I had a similar idea when I was gifted 6 boxes of old slides, I wanted to colour code them and then create images from each individual slide representing a pixel. When I started looking at the slides through a projector I felt guilty about sacrificing the slides for this cause, this was someone’s life that had been discarded and some of the slides were beautiful glimpses into 1960s life. I felt like some of the better images should be preserved for historical record, some could still be used for art rather than ending up in a landfill. So much data is being lost when it comes to obsolete technologies such as vhs, film negatives, floppy disks, even cds. It may not seem important now but it could be in a few decades or centuries…
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