Decorative and useful articles made of floppy disks
Technological progress is displacing from our livesonce so necessary items. Thus, 3.5-inch floppy disks have long since outlived their usefulness as storage media, and have been replaced by disks, flash drives, and other storage devices with impressive memory capacity. Now, perhaps, even finding old floppy disks will be a difficult task, and in a few decades, floppy disks will become a real rarity. But if you do find a few, we recommend making useful crafts from floppy disks with your own hands.
How to make hand-made articles from floppy disks?
Before we look at what exactly can be done,make from floppy disks, let's look at the basic method of connecting floppy disks together, which will help you figure out how to make this or that craft. Lower the cap down - protection from overwriting.
We heat up the awl and pierce the existing holes on the top and sides.
This results in four holes, with which you can connect the diskettes together.
Use clamps and wire to connect.cord, metal rings. You can also additionally secure the shape with glue. So, what crafts can you make from floppy disks? Pencil and pen holders It is convenient to make square holders for pencils, pens and other office supplies from floppy disks.
Connect the diskettes together with clamps; the bottom can be glued or also attached with clamps.
Here's a version of a convenient tilted pencil holder. This model used screws to attach a box of floppy disks in an inclined position.
Caskets and boxes made of floppy disks What is the differencepencil holder box? Only with a lid. Put the floppy disk for the lid on small hinges or use the same clamps, cord or wire.
Floppy Disk Notebook Floppy disks make a great hard cover for a notebook. Connect two floppy disks and a stack of white sheets of paper between them with metal rings.
A more stylish and time-consuming option is to use the floppy disk as part of a leather notebook cover with a magnetic closure.
Mirror or Photo Frame A frame for a pocket mirror or a photo frame for an Instax photo - in case you only found one floppy disk and have absolutely no idea what to make of it.
Bags from floppy disks Very interesting and unusualthe idea of using old floppy disks is to make bags out of them! Of course, such a bag is not very convenient, and, frankly speaking, it looks strange. Nevertheless, such an accessory design has the right to be! But a bag made of floppy disks will not wrinkle, will not tear, and will even keep fragile and glass objects inside intact!
Lamp from floppy disks
Clocks - crafts from floppy disks
Flower pots or planters from floppy disks
Retro - flash drive
Portraits on floppy disks English artist NickGentry (Nick Gentry) has turned floppy disks into canvases for his large-scale paintings, which mostly feature portraits of people. The images are painted on, with the holes and details of the storage media blending seamlessly into the overall picture.
