Todays excursion into the dark and twisted realm of Harv-art is kind of an experiment in lots of different textures achievable with old recycled can metal. Using a standard module, I simply did horrible things to these poor little metal objects. Some were torched, others were pounded with hammer on the anvil, some were pounded and then torched, some were scarred with muriatic acid, some were scoured with steel wool, some were pounded onto a wood rasp. Grouping them in a grid pattern, I gleefully display their suffering, pocked surfaces.
Seriously, because the aluminum is so nice and soft and at the same time pretty thin, it is fairly easy to coax visually interesting textures from them. Though not visible in this photo for some unknown reason, I have also used pastel to provide rays of rubbed texture radiating out of the gaps between the panels.
Do not mourn for these aluminum bits, though they have endured all manner of rough treatment, they are still accorded a place of honor upon my mantel shelf.