Sometimes you can find some neat art supplies when you least expect them in the unlikeliest of places. Case in point, I came across these neat canvas bags at a Gun Show last weekend. They were originally designed as
G.I. Type Brass Zippered Mechanics Tool Bags, but naturally they could be used as a sturdy carrier for anything you might imagine. Given how my mind works, I immediately saw them as convenient collapsible art supplies carriers. They would also make nice bags for toiletries or even gun bags according to other show attendees. No matter how much I searched them, I could not find their country of origin labels (I'd give you two guesses, but everything seems to be made in China these days). They feel quite strong, and the stitches are nice and tight. All I had to do to get them ready for daily use was spraying them with some
Weather Shield water repellent.
Under the table of the same booth where I found the mechanics bags, I found crates of olive drab tubes with a sign reading
"2 for $5". These sturdy empty cylinder tubes originally used for the storage of
parachute flares (specifically the L312 Signal Illumination Ground White Star Parachute M127A1 according to the sticker label) would make great
brush holders given their portable dimensions (10" length and almost 2" in diameter) and hermetic seals. Thus they could keep the moth ball smell contained inside should more aggresive protective measures become necessary against sable hair-eating pests (the storage tubes actually still have a strong chemical smell left inside from the magnesium flares that is quite noticebale when opening them). Going to have to do some heavy cleaning and repeated rinses to eliminate any chemical traces before placing my prized
Kolinsky hair brushes in their new long-term storage homes. The black slotted plastic tray was an insert from a bullets box and doubles quite nicely as a
pencil stand for 6-8 mm pencils.
The interior of the bag features several small tool pockets that can comfortably hold pencils and brushes while working in the field.
Sometimes you can find some neat art supplies when you least expect them in the unlikeliest of places. Case in point, I came across these neat canvas bags at a Gun Show last weekend. They were originally designed as G.I. Type Brass Zippered Mechanics Tool Bags, but naturally they could be used as a sturdy carrier for anything you might imagine. Given how my mind works, I immediately saw them as convenient collapsible art supplies carriers. They would also make nice bags for toiletries or even gun bags according to other show attendees. No matter how much I searched them, I could not find their country of origin labels (I'd give you two guesses, but everything seems to be made in China these days). They feel quite strong, and the stitches are nice and tight. All I had to do to get them ready for daily use was spraying them with some Weather Shield water repellent.
Under the table of the same booth where I found the mechanics bags, I found crates of olive drab tubes with a sign reading "2 for $5". These sturdy empty cylinder tubes originally used for the storage of parachute flares (specifically the L312 Signal Illumination Ground White Star Parachute M127A1 according to the sticker label) would make great brush holders given their portable dimensions (10" length and almost 2" in diameter) and hermetic seals. Thus they could keep the moth ball smell contained inside should more aggresive protective measures become necessary against sable hair-eating pests (the storage tubes actually still have a strong chemical smell left inside from the magnesium flares that is quite noticebale when opening them). Going to have to do some heavy cleaning and repeated rinses to eliminate any chemical traces before placing my prized Kolinsky hair brushes in their new long-term storage homes. The black slotted plastic tray was an insert from a bullets box and doubles quite nicely as a pencil stand for 6-8 mm pencils.
The interior of the bag features several small tool pockets that can comfortably hold pencils and brushes while working in the field.
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2 comments:
That is really cool! I love the bullet tray as a pencil stand.
Thanks! It's all about recycling ;)
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