Tin Can Lights

Continuing the recycling theme from the bags, below, are these lanterns are made from used tin cans. Designed by Lennie Kaumzha, and sold at fairs and traveling art shows, each one is unique, created by Lennie in his studio.

That’s Lennie peeking out from his lamps

Using an oxy-acetylene torch with a pencil-thin flame, Lennie burns original designs into tin cans without drawing or stenciling. The cans are then shaped by hand. The action of the heat on the metal turns the tin dark, almost pewter-like.

I think these are such a perfect example of doing something beautiful with what others would just toss in the trash. I also love that this artist has made a living creating these lanterns since 1989! Go to Metal Magic to learn more about Lennie, his art, and where they’ll be next!

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Starre Vartan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A problogger and oft-quoted green living expert who has been featured in the NYTimes, Elle, Glamour and Whole Living, she is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Inhabitat, and Hearst's The Daily Green, and is currently editor-at-large for Coco Eco Magazine. An active ecofashionista, she has style edited for Plenty magazine and coordinated runway shows. She splits her time between Connecticut and NYC and calls Sydney, Australia her second home, even though it was her first (as that's where she was born and most of her family resides). When not writing, blogging, or researching her next book, she is trailrunning, trying to cook, or snowboarding.

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2 Comments on “Tin Can Lights”

Trish
I love the lanterns. I have tried to make some myself but could never get them like that! Love your blog. As a fellow recycler that loves to drag home castaways and turn them into functional art pieces, it’s great to see others do it!
Trish
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05/20/07 » 9:17 am »
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My mom is actually making things like that. Making an artificial flower and flower vase out of plastic cups. Is it natural for women to be attached to nature?
04/25/08 » 6:29 pm »