Coverdisk CD art

Hi, I remember reading about a website in a magazine that told you how to
make various sculptures and things from those AOL ISP coverdisk CD's. Does
anybody know of this site or one like it?
I've got about 80 of these CDs and would like to build something out of
them.

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Hi, I remember reading about a website in a magazine that told you how to
make various sculptures and things from those AOL ISP coverdisk CD's. Does
anybody know of this site or one like it?
I've got about 80 of these CDs and would like to build something out of
them.

Once upon a time I had a demo page on my web
site showing different ways to use the reflective
quality of CDs for making wind catchers.

One showed a "wind chime" sort of arrangement
where I strung four separate strings of CDs
from a plastic central plate, four CDs to a
string, with fishing swivels between each CD
so that each CD could turn in the wind
independent of every other in the string.

Another was a "whirligig" that has CDs set
vertically into spokes - one CD to each spoke -
and the spokes set into a central axle that
also is vertical. The wind turns this assembly
like a weather anemometer turns in the wind,
flashing the sunlight from the CDs as they
turn.

These items have been in the weather for several
years already and now show the weathering but
they are still eye catchers.

Iceberg wrote:
Hi, I remember reading about a website in a magazine that told you how to
make various sculptures and things from those AOL ISP coverdisk CD's. Does
anybody know of this site or one like it?
I've got about 80 of these CDs and would like to build something out of
them.

Try googling for "CD crafts." You'll get a ton of hits. Some of the
stuff is on the tacky side, but I suppose that's in the eye of the
beholder. I've seen some attractive jewelry (pins, etc.) made out of
cut-up pieces of CD with faux jewels glued on, and somewhere I saw a
charming set of scenes using miniature buildings, trees and figures -
purchased or made from poly clay - glued to CD bases and incorporating
the reflective surfaces as "ponds", etc.

I keep a stack of CDs in my studio to use as disposable palettes for
acrylic paint. Very handy - the hole makes it easy to hold while you're
painting - and reusable (any paint left over after the project can be
peeled right off when it's dry).

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Pat Kight