How can I reuse or recycle old photographic slides?
We’ve had an email from Karen, asking:
Do you have any suggestions on how I can recycle 35mm slides in wallets?
I suspect that on a crafty level, they could be used in similar ways to photo negatives and the like but as Karen is a Environment & Waste Management Officer at a university, I suspect she might have more than can easily be reused – so does anyone know if there are any ways to actually recycle them?
Any other slide-centric reuse suggestions?
(Photo by Hutschi)
Drill or punch small holes in the frames and connect them with jump rings of any size to use as a light coverings, curtains, room dividers, or you can stretch them across a ceiling to cover up that bad plaster/duct work.
Be selective by topic and use them in scrapbooking projects.
This isn’t recycling, but it might be worth listing them on E-bay or somewhere — there are people that collect old photos: ookpiksnegz.blogspot.com and http://www.snapatorium.com are two. If you put them in blocks of subject matter, they’d appeal to someone…
I think they’d make cool lampshades, as Bizzie Bee mentions.
Give to a local art group. They can use them for sure.
I think the crafty arty thing is the way to go with them – either give to an art group or make some lampshades. (or, I’ll take them!)
Hello Kim,
Would you really be interested in having these slides as I am loathed to throw them away in the general rubbish.
If you want them please reply to my email address and give me your home address and I will get them posted to you.
Best Regards, Karen
what about using them as wine stem identifier things (drilling holes in them and attaching rings)?
I love it!
I went to a jewellery conference where the students at Edinburgh College of Art, where it was held, had made badges for all the delegates from slide mounts with images in with white stickers behind so you could see the image, we have also used this idea for the Oxton Art Fair as our name tags. Just stick a safety pin on behind with a piece of sticky card.
http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/
Wrap the slide holders in fancy yarn and punch a hole at the top. Make small necklace photo holders.
Using polymer clay cut out by tracing a piece of polymer clay that has been embosed and fire.Glue it to the frame and make a necklace.
Link them together with holes on each side into an interestingnecklace.
Make a belt or a braslet
If any one has any old slides can you send them to me at ACT, West House, Lombard Street West, West Bromwich B70 8EG.UK
we use them in community art and for community talks………..many thanks, Nigel.
Nigel, do you still want old slides? I have lots of slides taken in Florence, Rome, and Venice, as well as Germany and Holland. They are from the 1970s and are primarily of beautiful architecture. Can you use these for community art? If so, I can mail them to you.
We have 10 small boxes of old slides. Are there any requirements for your needs? Do you still want them. We’re trying to figure out what to do with them since we won’t be using them again.
Thank you.