Wall Collage #001

Series: Recycled Wall Art - Collage #001 - To buy this one-of-a-kind piece of wall art, go to Ken's Eco-Art Gallery.  This website provides purchase information for various pictures and art pieces I've created over the past few years.

Series Background: This was actually my first creation for my Eco-Art series titled, "Recycled Wall Art".  To learn more about this series, read the entry, Category Description. Collage Background: I build this one to remind me of the hundreds of dollars that I had invested over time, not only in the original purchase, but also in a variety of plug-ins and attachments. This collage is comprised of the screen, circuit boards, keyboard button controls, batteries and other internal components from my Handspring Visor. It also includes the desktop charger, various plugin attachments such as MemPlug and the attachable keyboard from Stowaway. I took a plain white, stretched canvas on a wood frame and spray painted it black. Leaving a half-inch boarder all the way around for framing, I organized the pieces to fit within the allotted boundary and began gluing them down. Finally, I had it framed.

Wall Collage #002

Series: Recycled Wall Art - Collage #002 - To buy this one-of-a-kind piece of wall art, go to Ken's Eco-Art Gallery.  This website provides purchase information for various pictures and art pieces I've created over the past few years.

Series Background: Even though this camera was the inspiration for these projects, it was the second creation for my Eco-Art series titled, "Recycled Wall Art". To learn more about this series, read the entry, Category Description.

Collage Background: As I was building this one I began to realize how often we have a tendency to replace things such as cameras, cell phones, computers, printers, etc., and vowed to never throw anything like that away again. I only wish that I still had some of the hundreds of ‘electronic’ items that I have thrown away over the years. For some unknown reason the lens failed to retract all the way from its zoomed out position. After a failed attempt at taking it apart and trying to lubricate and fix it, I had the idea of using the parts for a collage. Probably the most painstaking part of creating these collages is disassembling the items without 'breaking' some of the more delicate pieces. Once I had a table full of pieces, I began the arrangement process on a piece of black foam-board. Once completed, I encased it inside a box frame.

Wall Collage #003

Series: Recycled Wall Art - Collage #003 - To buy this one-of-a-kind piece of wall art, go to Ken's Eco-Art Gallery.  This website provides purchase information for various pictures and art pieces I've created over the past few years.

Series Background: This cellphone was the third creation for my Eco-Art series titled, "Recycled Wall Art". To learn more about this series, read the entry, Category Description.

Collage Background: This phone was kind of a disappointment, only due to the fact that it didn’t have as many pieces inside as I had hoped. This collage was arranged on a piece of black foam-board and then encased inside of a box frame.

The Hay Wagon

I took this picture of an old hay wagon just east of Wilson Canyon, Nevada back in August of 2009. Who knows how many years ago this wagon saw its last day of use. As you can see from the panorama below, that was taken of a field directly behind where this wagon sat, they are still farming this area, albeit with much newer and more modern equipment.

Wall Collage #004

Series: Recycled Wall Art - Collage #004 - To buy this one-of-a-kind piece of wall art, go to Ken's Eco-Art Gallery.  This website provides purchase information for various pictures and art pieces I've created over the past few years.

Series Background: This external hard drive was the fourth creation for my Eco-Art series titled, "Recycled Wall Art". To learn more about this series, read the entry, Category Description.

Collage Background: Owning these can bring back memories. I can remember that my first purchase of an external drive for my double floppy drive computer was 10MB. Then I bought this 80GB drive. I then bought a 250MB external drive that I still use, even though my computer now had 1TB of internal storage on two 500GB drives. Though I had hoped to end up with more pieces from this item, many of the screws appeared to be ‘cemented’ or glued in place making it too difficult or impossible to take apart any further without damaging the pieces. This collage was arranged on a piece of black foam-board and then encased inside of a box frame.