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« on: February 08, 2009, 04:17:07 PM » |
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Shortly into the new year, I was out walking one dark evening after
a particularily heavy day of snow fall. I had neither toque, gloves, nor
winter boots on, just intending a a quick 30 minute walk around seveal
blocks, trying to air the cobwebs out from between my ears after a day
stuck in the house.
Before the walk was over, I found myself traipsing through the dark woods,
dang near knee deep in snow, dragging a certain prize home. It was too
heavy, large, and awkward to carry, and given that most sidewalks were
freshly cleared of snow, it was too danged hard to drang over bare cement.
With no cell phone to call for help, no warm mittens to keep my pinkies
toasty, I didn't have a lot of options. The easiest means of transportation
was dragging it across the snow.
The following morning was our garbage and recycle day, so there was all
manner of treasures piled out at the curb. Don't know how it is in your
neighbourhood, but we actually have scavengers go through our recycleables,
looking for scrap metal and such that can be redeemed for cash at the local
scrap yard.
Grin, tonight I was turned into a scavenger . . .
Leaning against a lamppost, with the trash, was a stained glass panel, 4 ft
high, app 6 ft wide. Too dark to tell what kind of shape the panel was in,
but overall it appeared rather complete. Not the kind of picture that
appealed to me, but I couldn't just let it sit there.
Finally had a nice sunny day to take photos outside, so thought I'd
share my scavenging efforts with you . . .
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BentPedals
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 04:28:09 PM » |
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Don't know who made this panel, nor when it was made. I'd guess, by
the grime build-up, it's a fair number of years old. I'd also hazard a
guess that it was made by a lady, given the amount of accent details
you can see in some of the close ups. I keep meaning to go back to
where I found it and ask for the panel's history, but I don't know what
kind of reception I'd get. The night I knocked on the door, making sure
it was indeed trash, they weren't overly warm and friendly, and I could
barely understand thier english. They were an elderly Italian couple
and thier accents were very heavy.
The framing of the piece has caught my interest. 1" angle iron
welded quite neatly together with mitered corners. I am considering
tearing the piece down, saving the sizable scraps for future projects,
and doing a panel of my own to fill the hole. Problem is, where does
one put a panel this size once it's done.
Anyways, just thought I'd share my garbage picking adventure with
anyone who cared . . .
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 04:32:19 PM » |
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And somebody threw it away! Humm. Not my kind of picture either but it would appeal to a lot of people. What size is it?
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 04:33:39 PM » |
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And somebody threw it away! Humm. Not my kind of picture either but it would appeal to a lot of people. What size is it?
4ft high - close to 6 ft wide. |
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 04:38:26 PM » |
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Wow..that is a big find BP. I agree, not my tastes either, but a nice find none the least.
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2009, 05:20:12 PM » |
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at the very least you have a lot of free glass there. nice grab, free glass is always worth effort
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2009, 05:44:52 PM » |
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What afind BP  |
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2009, 07:31:26 PM » |
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While I agree that it's not my tastes either...what an interesting find!...Too bad that they chose to put it in for trash day. Yikes. 4' x 6'...wow you must have had fun dragging that home...lol.
Interesting story! De
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2009, 08:02:03 PM » |
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Very interesting. Looks like it could have come out of a pizza shop.
Funny to find such a thing in the trash.
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2009, 09:28:55 PM » |
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wow you must have had fun dragging that home...lol.
That's why I ended up walking through the woods - both a shortcut and thigh deep snow to drag the thing along on top of. Grin, but every walk since I've taken my cell phone and gloves. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2009, 09:29:15 PM » |
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Very interesting. Looks like it could have come out of a pizza shop.
Funny to find such a thing in the trash.
Now that you mention it - it would make sense for a use like that. The two holes in the top and bottom of the angle iron would allow it to be screwed into wood to serve as a booth divider. Good thinkin' Tod . . . |
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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2009, 09:34:19 PM » |
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at the very least you have a lot of free glass there. nice grab, free glass is always worth effort
Oh yea! We ain't ashamed using free glass . . . It's got a good number of cracked pieces, but amazingly, there's a couple of big chunks that don't show any cracking. At there very least, there's a few smaller projects in it . . . |
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2009, 10:24:29 PM » |
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Very interesting. Looks like it could have come out of a pizza shop.
Funny to find such a thing in the trash.
Now that you mention it - it would make sense for a use like that. The two holes in the top and bottom of the angle iron would allow it to be screwed into wood to serve as a booth divider. Good thinkin' Tod . . . Funny that should be mentioned... When I saw the first photo I immediately thought it looked like a mural painting on the parking lot side of an Italian restaurant's building near by. Hmmm, and the homeowners were Italian? Definitely an interesting find! |
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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2009, 11:49:55 PM » |
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Funny that should be mentioned... When I saw the first photo I immediately thought it looked like a mural painting on the parking lot side of an Italian restaurant's building near by. Hmmm, and the homeowners were Italian?
Definitely an interesting find!
And if it is from a resturant of some sort, that would explain the willingness to toss it out in the trash, it has no sentimental or monetary value to the owners . . . I might just have to knock on their door and find out where it did come from. Curiousity might have killed the cat, but it can keep me awake at night too. Hey, maybe it's a long lost Tiffany . . . I'm rich, I'm rich . . . . grin. |
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« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2009, 09:24:55 AM » |
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And if it is from a restaurant of some sort, that would explain the willingness to toss it out in the trash, it has no sentimental or monetary value to the owners . . .
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For example: A friend & I made a light box for a restaurant and about 4 years later, they redecorated. I ended up getting the thing back! They stored in in a back room for a few months before I heard about the redecorating and went over to see. It's kind of embarrassing to get something back like this, but better than having it tossed in the trash! I built it into a half-wall sort of piece of furniture. It's buried in the studio now, but I do still like it. - Tod
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