Chris Combs (he/him) @combs@mastodon.art
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I've got a bunch of fun projects to share soon, here's the first: "Forever Peanuts."

Styrofoam peanuts never do seem to go away, do they? So I thought it would be nice to make them even more permanent.

I melted E-waste hard drive cases and household waste to make these lost-foam aluminum peanuts during our last Otis Street Arts Project aluminum pour.

They will debut in "Future Finds" at Bathers Library in Oakland CA, opening 1/17 5-8PM. futurefinds.cargo.site/

A shiny aluminum peanut, a cast of a styrofoam peanut, rests on black fabric. It is S-shaped and a lot of its textural detail is captured in the casting.Four metal peanuts on fabric. Slight variations are visible in them, such as a tighter or looser "grain" from the original foam; so, too, can you see a cleanly cut metallic edge where each peanut was cut from sprues during finishing (a hand done process)Nine small jewelry boxes hold one peanut each, along with paper slips reading "FOREVER PEANUT, CHRISCOMBS.NET"
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