Clip Art - Literally

So today I needed a clip for a packet I was compiling for a client and as I pulled the container of clips from the cabinet I saw the black and silver gems in an entirely new light.  Even the most mundane things, such as metal clips, can take on symmetry and grace.   I decided to do an exercise, dumping the clips onto my worktop and letting art happen.  I snapped pictures along the way, taking advantage of two different lighting sources.

I encourage you to try this exercise.  Make it a point to look at everything today in a new light. Seek out ways to make the ordinary, well, extraordinary.  What was just a simple pile of clips this morning became much more.  Try the exercise with just anything you encounter during your day.  Rely on as few different components as possible.  For example, I didn't use anything other than clips.  

What may seem like a simple exercise may just open your eyes to the amazing possibilities around you.  See it.  Create it.

Here they are, the clips that inspired.

I began clipping them end to end.

Their utility as clips begins to fade and the grace in their form begins to appear.

Another perspective.

 

Other shapes.