Old, broken CDs or DVDs? Here are some artistic ideas to turn them into fantastic decorations!
When a CD or DVD gets scratched, or even worse, if they break or get deformed after some accidental contact with a heat source, they become completely useless objects. If they still retain their original shape, you can turn them into coasters or use them for many other decorations - or as an object to be painted in a creative way. But an even more fascinating type of recycling of this material is to use its fragments as pieces of a mosaic.
Just as is done with small pieces of ceramic, glass, stones, etc, even broken CDs or DVDs can become a creative cladding for many surfaces, using putty or resin as appropriate as the adhesion agent. See how many ways you could use a mosaic of broken CDs to decorate around your home:
Tutorial via instructables.com
A very popular project is to cover a table top, perhaps for outdoor use, with the pieces of broken CDs. The changing colors are somewhat reminiscent of mother-of-pearl.
Tutorial via instructables.com
There are also those who have lined the kitchen backsplash wall area with this kaleidoscopic mosaic.
Another popular project: the frame of any mirror decorated with a CD mosaic.
Tutorial via misadventuresofvictoria.com
Would you like to decorate your shoes with these sparkling fragments?
Even a boring tissue dispenser becomes a piece of furniture with this type of mosaic.
A tray with wavy lines, decorated with old broken CDs and DVDs and resin as a sealant.
Who knows if adding a mosaic CD cladding changes the sound quality of the guitar? And if so, for better or worse?
Once you get the hang of creating these mosaics, you can use them in everything and create decorations to hang up and display anywhere.
Tutorial via instructables.com
And each CD fragment can become a piece of an amazing three-dimensional sculpture.
But you could also use these pieces to enrich a design...
Or a picture!
Would you like to make any of these objects using a mosaic made of old, broken CDs?
