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Cindy Chinn

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Cindy Chinn, a Midwest-based artist, weaves magic from the mundane. Her hands, guided by creativity and a love for sustainability, transform discarded materials into captivating masterpieces. Join in the kaleidoscope of her artistic journey.

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Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 1 day ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thanks Peggy - I feel artwork, especially recycled art should be fun :D

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 1 day ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Impressive, inventive and fun

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 2 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you so much! I plan to make a few more kinetic pieces in this (and other series).

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 2 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Wow! Really impressive! I love your integration of old bike parts as a nod to the material used for the animals. /edit: the squirrel piece looks even better than I expected in motion.

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 4 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you! :) Yes, BP and the world need more art these days!

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 4 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

These are fantastic! The raven is my favorite, but Dave the Dog is a close 2nd. So creative!! BP needs more of this type of content.

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 5 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you - it helps to have a passion for learning new things, as well :D

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 5 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Unbelievable!! Wonderful! You are truly blessed with an undeniable talent.

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 6 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thanks Karen! :)

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 6 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Cindy, you are a genius. I hope there's a career in this for you.

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you. ♥

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

And I ditto all the above positive posts ... Very impressive!

Cindy Chinn • commented on 6 posts 1 week ago

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Cindy Chinn • upvoted 6 items 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Love the Raven!!! Awesome work.

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Now this is the stuff I go on BP for. Your work is stunning! <3

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Love the Raven!!! Awesome work.

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Now this is the stuff I go on BP for. Your work is stunning! <3

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

So amazing! Love your style and medium!

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

She is really, really good. Needs shop on internet for people to buy. Expressions on your subjects perfect. Love them!

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

These are brilliant! What a great way to recycle bits of what would otherwise be rubbish

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I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

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Cindy Chinn • submitted a new post 1 week ago

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I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Cindy Chinn • commented on 2 posts 1 year ago

65 New Sculptures Of Famous Characters, And Other Things Made Out Of Penicil’s Lead By Salavat Fidai

Wonderful, Salavat!

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Thank you so much! :D

Cindy Chinn • upvoted 5 items 1 year ago

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65 New Sculptures Of Famous Characters, And Other Things Made Out Of Penicil’s Lead By Salavat Fidai

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

They are stunning; though I kept thinking- "this thing is not child-safe... where would we keep it?..." Terrific!

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65 New Sculptures Of Famous Characters, And Other Things Made Out Of Penicil’s Lead By Salavat Fidai

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

They are stunning; though I kept thinking- "this thing is not child-safe... where would we keep it?..." Terrific!

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

OMG, these are absolutely mind blowing! My hat is off to you!!!!

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I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

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I Spent A Year Making This Life-Sized Peacock Sculpture One Feather At A Time

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Cindy Chinn • submitted 6 list additions 1 year ago

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Cindy Chinn • submitted 2 new posts 1 year ago

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I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

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I Spent A Year Making This Life-Sized Peacock Sculpture One Feather At A Time

Cindy Chinn • submitted a new post 1 week ago

Art

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Cindy Chinn • submitted 3 new posts 1 year ago

Art

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Art

I Spent A Year Making This Life-Sized Peacock Sculpture One Feather At A Time

Art

I Made A Scrap Metal Phoenix Fire Pit (11 Pics)

Cindy Chinn • submitted 3 new posts 2 years ago

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I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

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I've Been Carving Tiny Hands From Pencil Lead For The Last Month (9 Pics)

Art, DIY

I Made A Life-Size Crane Sculpture Out Of Used Cutlery!

Cindy Chinn • submitted a new post 3 years ago

Art

I Told A Historic Story Using Glass Art

Cindy Chinn • submitted a new post 4 years ago

Art, Recycling

I Start With A Rusty Old Saw And Make Sawfish Art

Cindy Chinn • submitted 3 new posts 6 years ago

Art

I Make "Barnyard Portraits" From Scrap Metal I Find On Farms

Home & Design

I Hand Carved Two Wooden Toy Boxes For Twins Designed Based On Their Favorite Toys

Art, Recycling

I Use Rusty Objects To Make A Brood Of "Wine Chicks"

Cindy Chinn • submitted 2 new posts 7 years ago

Art, Recycling

I've Made Some Whimsical Winter Scenes From Old Snow Shovels

Recycling

I Make Custom Metal Art From Large Two Man Saws

Cindy Chinn • submitted 2 new posts 8 years ago

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I've Always Wanted To Make Cutting Edge Art, So I Bought A Plasma Torch And Some Saws

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I Carved A Family Of Elephants Into A Pencil

Cindy Chinn • submitted a new post 9 years ago

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I Found A Carpenter Pencil In The Shop And Carved It Into A Train On Rails

Cindy Chinn • submitted 6 list additions 1 year ago

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Cindy Chinn • submitted 9 list additions 2 years ago

I've Been Carving Tiny Hands From Pencil Lead For The Last Month (9 Pics)

Cindy Chinn • submitted 5 list additions 4 years ago

I Start With A Rusty Old Saw And Make Sawfish Art

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 1 day ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thanks Peggy - I feel artwork, especially recycled art should be fun :D

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 2 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you so much! I plan to make a few more kinetic pieces in this (and other series).

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 4 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you! :) Yes, BP and the world need more art these days!

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 5 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you - it helps to have a passion for learning new things, as well :D

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 6 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thanks Karen! :)

Cindy Chinn • commented on a post 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you. ♥

Cindy Chinn • commented on 6 posts 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you! He was the first piece in the series. I started a hawk, but ran out of brown tires for the feathers! A raven seemed the next logical choice. :D

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you so much! I'm really enjoying working on this series.

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thanks, tires have been a lot of fun to work with...

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you, I have some of the Re-Tired series on my website store https://shop.cindychinn.com/product-category/re-tired-art/

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Thank you so much! I love to give 'trash' new life.

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Ha! Yes - some are a little sharp and rusty! But on the other hand, that's how people learn ;)

Cindy Chinn • commented on 2 posts 1 year ago

65 New Sculptures Of Famous Characters, And Other Things Made Out Of Penicil’s Lead By Salavat Fidai

Wonderful, Salavat!

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Thank you so much! :D

Cindy Chinn • commented on 4 posts 2 years ago

I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

Thank you! It was a challenge! :D

I Made A Life-Size Crane Sculpture Out Of Used Cutlery!

Thank you - it's one of my favorite pieces and I'll hate to see it leave!!

I Made A Life-Size Crane Sculpture Out Of Used Cutlery!

Thank you - I never knew I could do it, until I started! :D

I Made A Life-Size Crane Sculpture Out Of Used Cutlery!

Thank you! It had it's challenges, but was a lot of fun to build! :D

Cindy Chinn • commented on 2 posts 5 years ago

I Make "Barnyard Portraits" From Scrap Metal I Find On Farms

Thank you!

I Make "Barnyard Portraits" From Scrap Metal I Find On Farms

Thank you - and yes, I do fight with some pieces. Either the rust is heavy or it's cast iron - but I'll just make it work if the piece 'needs' to be there! :D You can view more on my website: www.CindyChinn.com - I do a lot of different things. ;)

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 1 day ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Impressive, inventive and fun

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 2 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Wow! Really impressive! I love your integration of old bike parts as a nod to the material used for the animals. /edit: the squirrel piece looks even better than I expected in motion.

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 4 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

These are fantastic! The raven is my favorite, but Dave the Dog is a close 2nd. So creative!! BP needs more of this type of content.

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 5 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Unbelievable!! Wonderful! You are truly blessed with an undeniable talent.

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 6 days ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Cindy, you are a genius. I hope there's a career in this for you.

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

And I ditto all the above positive posts ... Very impressive!

Cindy Chinn • upvoted 7 items 1 week ago

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Love the Raven!!! Awesome work.

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

Now this is the stuff I go on BP for. Your work is stunning! <3

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

So amazing! Love your style and medium!

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

She is really, really good. Needs shop on internet for people to buy. Expressions on your subjects perfect. Love them!

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

These are brilliant! What a great way to recycle bits of what would otherwise be rubbish

Art

I Turn Discarded Bike Parts, Tubes, And Tires Into Sculptures

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

They are stunning; though I kept thinking- "this thing is not child-safe... where would we keep it?..." Terrific!

Cindy Chinn • upvoted 6 items 1 year ago

Art

65 New Sculptures Of Famous Characters, And Other Things Made Out Of Penicil’s Lead By Salavat Fidai

I Made A Scrap Metal Phoenix Fire Pit (11 Pics)

Amazing and beautiful! You're extremely talented, and I'd love to see more of your work.

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

OMG, these are absolutely mind blowing! My hat is off to you!!!!

Art

I Make Birds From Scrap Metal And Other Discarded Objects (6 Pics)

Art

I Spent A Year Making This Life-Sized Peacock Sculpture One Feather At A Time

Art

I Made A Scrap Metal Phoenix Fire Pit (11 Pics)

Cindy Chinn • upvoted an item 2 years ago

I Carved A Herd Of Bison From A Pencil Graphite

This is insane talent!

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