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what do you do with excess dry cleaning wire hangers that have steadily grown in your closet? throw them out in the trash? other than just hanging clothes, what have you used coat hangers for? - I've used wire hangers to unlock car doors. - one could use them for making mobiles / painting them bright colors. - unblocking a toilet (fishing for foreign objects). - I used to use them as a bow when I'd play robin hood when I was younger. - roast marshmallows. - you could poke an eye out with that thing. - radio or T.V. antenna. - I made a couple of swans. - wire hanger is perfect to hang your keys. - make indoor tennis rackets. - I use a wire hanger as a paper towel holder. - a basic dowsing tool. - to reach anything unreachable. - ... please feel free to send us pics of your re-use project. ---  see the related article wire coat hanger history and common forms  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? ------- |
  octopus' drying, idonesia  automatic drawing, coat hangers VI, by ellsworth kelly, 1950  wearing a wire coat hanger with two clay balls attached to the ends, physics teacher libby mooney turns in circles while the balls remain still, demonstrating newton’s first law: 'objects at rest tend to stay at rest.'  sculptures  famous people coat hangers  patchwork  giant bubbles  installation by todd bracher, 2003 |
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