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Found objects are discarded items that are given aesthetic value by a new owner. This term originates with found art that uses everyday items in an artwork. Found art originated with a 1912 work by Pablo Picasso known as Still Life with Chair Caning that has a piece of furniture fabric pasted to it. In recent decades, found objects have a reuse aesthetic and are used in craft, art, design and architecture. This can produce a type of social commentary whereby things that are viewed as disposable or garbage are given life and value. The following are common examples of found objects.
Acorns
Balls
Beads
Books
Bottle Caps
Bottles
Boxes
Bricks
Buttons
Candles
Chains
Clothespins
Coins
Comic Books
Containers
Crystals
Cups
Cutlery
Decals
Dice
Dishware
Electronics
Fabric
Fashion Accessories
Feathers
Fishing Gear
Fixtures
Flowers
Fossils
Furniture
Game Pieces
Gears
Guitar Picks
Hinges
Hooks
Hub Caps
Jewelry / Costume Jewelry
Key Chains
Keys
Leaves
License Plates
Locks
Machines
Magazines
Maps
Marbles
Marine Debris
Match Books
Media (e.g. cassette tapes)
Memorabilia
Metal Parts
Meteorites
Mirrors
Newspapers
Nut Shells
Nuts & Bolts
Ornaments
Paper Clips
Patches
Pencils / Pens
Photographs
Pins
Postcards
Pottery
Puzzle Pieces
Rope
Rulers
Scrap Metal
Screws & Nails
Seeds
Shells
Signs
Spark Plugs
Sports Equipment
Stamps
Sticks
Stir Sticks
Stones
Straps
Thimbles
Thread / Thread Spindles
Tiles
Tins
Tools
Toys
Tree Cones
Washers
Wheels
Wire
Wood
Overview: Found Objects
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Discarded items that are given aesthetic value by a new owner.
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