Antique mailboxes – a true artform?
Where could you possibly pour out your creative ideas without having to exhibit them in an art gallery? One good place is your front yard, specifically, your mailbox. Aren’t you tired of that old conventional box like mailbox standing in your front lawn? Why not be a little creative and show off your artistic skills?
Why should you bother to do this? What can you get by doing this? First of all, you won’t have to look at that boring little mailbox you have. The second good thing about putting art into your mailbox is you and your neighbors get to enjoy a free art exhibit. Aside from decoration, another benefit is that you don’t have to worry about your work of art getting dirty since it is a mailbox after all, and all mailboxes are supposed to be out there, exposed to the extreme weather conditions. But of course, you must make sure that your design will not be destroyed by the extremes but rather, be made even more beautiful the more dirt and mold it gathers. I’m pretty sure that’s reason enough to try out this little art project.
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If you aren’t up to the challenge of building your own creative mailbox you can have them costum made in carpentry shops. Also, you can buy artistic mailboxes in some online shops. Some mailboxes have the conventional box shape but with a colorful print on them. Others have unique shapes to them. Some look like animals such as fish, dogs, birds, elephants, cows and chicken, and others look like little houses. Some of the more creative did not limit the design of the mailbox on the mail receptacle. They went as far as the post that holds the receptacle. In fact, some mailboxes don’t look like a mailbox at all. There are some that are patterned from human beings. For example, the receptacle of the mailbox is the head and the post is in the form of a female’s body. Other mailboxes are inspired by characters in movies like R2D2 from Star Wars.
Usually, the design of the mailbox is related to the nature of its owner’s job or to the owner’s personality. For example, if your profession is in the biological sciences, your mailbox could look like a spinal column. If you like to fish, then your mailbox could look like a swordfish, tuna, and others. There are also mailboxes that intend to tickle your funny bone or to create illusions that will fool anyone who sees it.
One important thing you have to remember is to make sure that no matter how creative your mailbox looks like, it will fail to be a good mailbox if it does not manage to be a good receptacle for mail especially if it fails to protect it from the extreme conditions of the outside world.
