Friday, March 31, 2023

Rusted Cans, Rotting Pumpkins, And Skulls


4 comments:

MR. Macabre said...

How in the world do you cut out the faces in those cans? Is the rust "natural", or do you have a trick for that also? I have a Halloween wind chime made out of a rusty can that I bought almost 20 years ago, and yours look just as cool.

Rot said...

Those are very thin coffee cans. I paint them to look rusted.

Kurt237 said...

Wondered how the cuts are made too! I feel like I would mangle it trying to cut with a dremel or tin snips.

Rot said...

I used some thicker older cans and it was a real challenge cutting the holes without getting sliced and bleeding out. The new coffee cans are insanely thin and easy to cut. I'd recommend spray painting them dark brown after carving the face, and then painting them with orange and brown acrylic paints to get the rust look. Though I know they sell simulated rust painting kits, so that might be neat.