Found art is a topic that I come back to again and again because it is something that I really love. There are so many reasons that I find found art to be fascinating and important and worth writing about.

A look at the bare bones of the reasons that I enjoy found art includes:

• The creativity always impresses me. I love that people can take a look at a series of seemlingly unrelated objects and then put them together in an artstic piece and make them suddenly make sense together.
• It’s green. Ultimately found art is a green art because it involves the recylcing and repurposing of objects that would likely otherwise have ended up in the landfill and which instead are used to create art. Admittedly, some artists and greener than others depending on the other materials they use but it’s basically an eco-friendly art most of the time.
• There is so much variety in this area of art. Because people are using found materials from all regions and walks of life, the pieces often differ so much from one another even in the gallery of a single artist. I love this variety.
• It’s accessible. Anyone can get into the work of doing found art because it’s all about taking what’s already around you and turning it into whatever you think is beautiful.

In the spirit of researching and enjoying found art, I’ve written an article highlighting 8 Welding Artists. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

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