Nothing Beats An
Animated Holiday Card!
Signed, Limited Edition Lenticular Holiday Card
This is the card they will keep!
Set of 6 for $30
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$5 Signature Edition Print
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Great art for
your kitchen!
Ready to frame
8" x 10"
glossy print,
clear wrapped.
shipped flat.
Each print is
individually signed.
only $5.00
Postage included! Supply limited!
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Art Cards Are Back
Only $1.00 each
No Minimum Order!
47 different images!
Mix And Match!
Each 4" x 6" art card comes in
a resealable clear wrapper...
that can be used as an envelope...
so you can send some fun...
to everybody you know!
Glossy finish on the front and
matte on the back for easy writing.
SAVE!! Get a complete set for $40!
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P.Volker's
World Of The
Curiously Normal
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• BIG NEWS! •BIG NEWS! • BIG NEWS! •
VOLKER INVENTS NEW STYROFOAM RECYCLING PROCESS!
TURNS WASTE SCRAP INTO HARD PLASTIC ART PUTTY
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After months of experimentation, I have developed a simple, safe, and inexpensive process to turn polystyrene
into a malleable putty which hardens into a lightweight hard plastic that can be sanded and painted!
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I’ve always been a recycler and re-user. In fact, the first job I ever had was when I was sixteen, staffing a weekend recycling drop-off location in a parking lot, smashing bottles, flattening cans, and stacking bundles of newspaper into a truck. But recycling styrofoam is a challenge.
Over 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year!
When I began developing this new priocess, I knew that styrofoam dissolves in acetone and turns into a sticky gel. That sticky gel reminded me of silicon caulk, the stuff in a tube that is used to put a seal around tubs and showers. I knew that Silly Putty is made by combining boric acid with silicon, and I thought there might be a way to create something by combining boric acid powder with dissolved polystyrene (styrofoam). I did my first experiment combining dissolved styrofoam with boric acid powder in 2016 and it was successful. I created a ball of putty that I flattened out, and it hardened.
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This year, instead of using boric acid powder, I tried using baking soda, and the results were even better. All that was needed was to get the polystyrene gel to the right consistency, and to add the right amount of baking soda. Polystyrene is a lot of styrene molecules linked together. Acetone causes them to disconnect, and then they are free to connect with the sodium bicarbonate molecules (Baking Soda). As the acetone evaporates, the polystyrene and baking soda combine to produce a rigid yet durable plastic.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS EASY PROCESS HERE
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I’m not keeping this process a secret, because I think dealing with our waste plastic problem is urgent, and I want people to take what I’ve been able to do and go further. I am especially urging artists to experiment with this material, because creating artwork can remove it completely from the waste cycle, rather than simply turning it into something else temporarily. This process doesnt require an industrial materials recycling factory. It doesn't even require electricity, and there's no waste.
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I am currently creating a limited number of “LOVE YOUR PLANET” wall discs, the very first works made using my new process.
Each one is hand painted, and signed on the back. You can help me with my research, and help the environment at
the same time by ordering one of these for yourself or for a few of your friends.
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LOVE YOUR PLANET 6 INCH DIAMETER WALL DISC $30 INCLUDES SHIPPING!
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PREVIEW OF NEW PAINTINGS
Available for sale November 2017 • • • Click or tap images to enlarge
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"PROGRESS IN CHAOTIC TIMES"
12" X 14" FEATURES BATTERY OPERATED
ROTATING ARROW
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"I JUST LOVE WHAT YOU'VE
DONE TO THIS PLACE"
12" X 14" COMPOSITION IN
RECTANGULAR AREAS
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"IT'S A CURIOUS THING TO FIND A PICKLE"
12" X 14" 3-PART COMPOSITION
FEATURES DOG
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