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2020CymbalGarden

Cymbal Garden (2020)

A friend sent me a photo where someone else took their cymbals and put them outside so when it rains you can hear the shimmer as the rain hits the cymbals. I had some old cymbals laying around so I decided to give it a shot. I decided to use sticks to hold the cymbals. Below is the progression of the project.


Cymbal on a stick with no treatment
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Here's a cracked, no name cymbal
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A couple of friends recommended treating the cymbals with clear paint or turtle wax; 3 of the cymbals already looked bad so I opted to paint them with a brass/gold spraypaint, but I ended up not liking the look
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I painted the cracked cymbal with clear spray paint
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Since the brass/gold paint looked so bad, I painted 3 of the cymbals again with red, then blue spray paint using painters tape and a garbage bag to cover parts of the cymbals while painting them; I also painted the sticks (i.e. cymbal holders)
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I printed out 2 sizes of stars and used a razor knife to cut them out to use as templates; here's the big one
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Here are both star templates
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I went patriotic, the stars aren't perfect but I like how they look
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Here are all 3 of the patriotic styled cymbals
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Why not have patriotic styled cymbal holders too
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The cracked/clear coated cymbal went to a friend; here is what I have in my garden
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I hope they grow and have lots of baby Zildjian cymbals
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