For the past five years I have been experimenting with using recycled materials to make jewelry and sculpture. My favorite medium is aluminum cans. Aluminum is wonderfully light-weight and takes on color beautifully when it is anodized.
Aluminum cans are a ready source of brightly colored material.
Easily cut and shaped, they lend themselves well to all kinds of body art. Pins and earrings made with scrap metal and aluminum cans. Necklace and earrings made with aluminum can beads. Crescent pin made with aluminum cans and scrap wire. Pin made with woven aluminum can strips.