inukshuk made from old vhs video tapes
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Coming up with new uses for some item and recycling it is great fun. 15 video tapes, some hockey tape or other strong tape, drywall compound and paint and you have a sturdy meter tall Inukshuk. An Inukshuk is the symbol of the Canadian North.TRANSCRIPT
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Video Tape Inukshuk
(Recyling)
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
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Living in Canada where
the Inukshuk is a symbol
of the North, it was only
natural to create a Inukshuk
out of something different
than the usual rock.
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
I discovered a whole bunch of
old video tapes and wanted to
do something with them; that’s
when the idea of creating an
Inukshuk with them was born.
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
“An Inukshuk is a stone landmark
used as a milestone or directional
marker by the Inuit of the
Canadian Arctic.
What Is an Inukshuk?
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
The Arctic Circle, dominated by
permafrost, has few natural
landmarks and thus the Inukshuk
was central to navigation across
the barren tundra.”
Credit: www.wikipedia.com
What Is an Inukshuk?
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• 15 Video Tapes
• Duct Tape
• Drywall Tape
• Drywall Compound
• Craft Paint
• Latex Paint
• Water Based Varnish
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
Materials Needed
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Having recently bought a
new refrigerator that had
lots of strong masking tape
on it, it decided this was
perfect to hold the video
tapes together, rather than
purchasing duct tape.
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Inukshuk Made From Old Video Tapes
Assembly
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Once the structure held
its shape, I used mesh
drywall tape and covered
every surface.
The drywall tape is
somewhat self-adhesive
and easy to apply.
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Assembly
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How to give the sculpture
texture?
I chose drywall compound
and applied it with a
popsicle stick.
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Assembly
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I let it dry for a few days to
make sure it was totally dry,
Then I went over it again
and filled in any spots that I
might have missed and
let it dry again.
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Assembly
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The next step was to paint
it, but I had no idea what I
wanted it to look like.
So I base coated it with white
indoor latex semi-gloss paint.
Then it just sat there for
quite some time.
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Assembly
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After asking a number
of people “how I should
paint it?” and always
getting the same
answer “paint it blue”,
I painted it blue. I used different shades of
blue and some yellow.
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Assembly
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I poured the paint in one dish and some
water based varnish in
another dish and then
used a makeup sponge
dipped in varnish and
then in paint to give my Inukshuk some
color variation.
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Assembly
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I was quite happy with
the result, but something
was missing. Then I got
the idea of giving the
sculpture a heart.
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Assembly
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I used colored telephone
wire to cover a heart
made from thicker wire
and attached it with
fishing line so that it
looks like the heart is
floating inside the cavity.
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Assembly
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