Fred's Found Object Art & Workshop Videos

Fred's Found Object Art: the creative act of art-making is a unique story for every person on the planet. Art can be used for our physical, emotional & spiritual healing that generates overall happiness.  

Freddie's Workshop 
Head of Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, Canada

Some of us come to the creative act naturally, like Fed Leach, and are predisposed to making things and can be bothered by some kind of nagging desire to create something all the time and MUST DO IT or be miserable while others are encouraged by people, places and learned skills to challenge the creative act and luckily some can make it a career. I believe that every human being on the planet has the ability to create but with all these possibilities available, the desire and motivation need to be dialed to 'JUST DO IT!'  

Is Found Object Art considered an art form? Yes, it is an art style and many famous artists have dabbled in Found Object Art such as Pablo Picasso who created works of art like his famous Bull's Head 1942 where he uses a bicycle seat and handles bars. Surrealists such as Salvador Dali created sculptures from everyday objects too like his famous Lobster Telephone 1938, So Fred is not alone in the desire to create something from a spark of imagination while using common goods as the medium to create a finished work of art. 

Freddie's Found Art Sanctum!
 

Fred Leach came to his recent burst of creative actions when he needed to make a decision of what to do with all the years of STUFF, collected and piled high in his HUGE workshop. Pondering, he thought he could just throw it all in the garbage or try selling the STUFF on Kijiji (the horror of it!), or maybe he could just do something FUN with it all.

Freddie's cool STUFF!

I can see with my own creative eyes when visiting Freddie's workshop, that he does have a lot of funky stuff collected and all could be transformed into Found Object Art.

Freddie's TOOL corner with a sliced Surf Board 
transformed into a bike-generated moving spiral.

Fred has collected and saved lots of funky STUFF from building movie sets as an I.A.T.S.E scenic carpenter. He also has practical stuff collected from years of renovating and selling older homes in Nova Scotia. Imagination and skills with tools have been his mainstay for his working life but now he can have pure joy creating something just for the pure pleasure of it and offers it up to others to enjoy looking at it!

Fred Leach Found Art:

Old ceiling tiles bent into a curve shape 
&

embellished with objects such as:

jute rope, drawer pulls, hinges, 
wooden spoons etc.

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Fred's Found Object Art: 

Ceiling Tile Mask

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Ceiling Tile Mask

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Ceiling Tile Mask

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Ceiling Tile Outdoor Light Cover

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Kumbaya Cage with Crows

Fred's Found Object Art:
' Kumbaya'  (Cage with Crows & wooden people) 

Check it out in Freddie's Workshop 3 video

Fred's Found Object Art:
'Gilbert, The Sport-a-saurus'
 (Rugby Ball, Lacrosse Sticks, barrel ribs, copper)

Check out more about his Found Art in Freddie's Workshop #2.

Fred's Found Object Art: 
'Lenny the Drummer'  (washing barrels, hockey sticks, logs, mop, etc.)

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Duck made with keys

Fred's Found Object Art: 
'Hurricane Barn Tools Mobile'

Fred's Found Object Art: 
'Helix Mobile'  (copper tube & glass balls, etc.)

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Ceiling tile Mask

Fred's Found Object Art: 
'Sax'  (tree root & collector spoons)

Fred's Found Object Art: 
Bicycle Powered Whirly Gig

View Whirlygig in action
 video # 3 of Freddie's Workshop 

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