The real beachcombers: Collecting Floats and Other Flotsam PICTURES! - Collecting Tiki

T Tikiwahine Tiki Socialite Victoria, BC Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3295	T Tikiwahine Posted posted on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 9:25 AM I'm glad you liked the article! I had no idea they old floats were made from sake bottles. The garbage patch I have heard of. Apparently after a storm it lets fly with all sorts of weird junk. A few years back when I was making my very first reproduction float, I was in Michaels craft store picking out some spray paint. The cashier(a teenager) asked what I was doing with it. When I told him he said he and his friend used to find them along one of the local beaches and smash them on the rocks!! An ex-co-worker of mine has a large collection in her pond. She said one morning she woke to find that the raccoons had removed them all, and they were scattered about her backyard. She said it looked as if they had been playing lawn bowls with them!

I'm glad you liked the article!
I had no idea they old floats were made from sake bottles. The garbage patch I have heard of. Apparently after a storm it lets fly with all sorts of weird junk.

A few years back when I was making my very first reproduction float, I was in Michaels craft store picking out some spray paint. The cashier(a teenager) asked what I was doing with it. When I told him he said he and his friend used to find them along one of the local beaches and smash them on the rocks!!

An ex-co-worker of mine has a large collection in her pond. She said one morning she woke to find that the raccoons had removed them all, and they were scattered about her backyard. She said it looked as if they had been playing lawn bowls with them!

Post #406622 by Tikiwahine on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 9:25 AM