Rust Belt Americana

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Vintage Junkyard Jewelry by Samuel Sloma

Alongside his father and grandfather, Midwestern picker Samuel Sloma has spent decades digging through the garages, barns and basements of the dead. Born a new player to an old pastime, Sloma was raised along rows of old warehouses and closing five-and-dime stores, amongst classic symbols of untold stories. Nostalgia for a well made—albeit destructive—American past has forever been stapled to his

dreams. These relics, each thoughtfully haggled and scored, emerged as symbols of industrial beauty begging to be shared with the people in his life. In 2009, founded on the spirit of storytelling and rugged individualism that made the West wild, the Rust Belt Americana brand was born. Over 400 crude, handcrafted pieces of Rust Belt Americana jewelry have since been sold to vintage enthusiasts around the world. With each exchange, the imagination of a buyer is bound to Rust Belt Americana’s creative crossroads: a space where the murky past is ever-present, but a malleable future remains in sight.

Together at last.
11/14/2019

Together at last.

A rainy Sunday at the Elkhorn Flea with & 📸: @ Elkhorn, Wisconsin
10/01/2019

A rainy Sunday at the Elkhorn Flea with &
📸: @ Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Plenty more where that came from.
09/12/2019

Plenty more where that came from.

It’s been almost a month and I still wonder if our children are looking up at the same moon. @ Port Angeles, Washington
06/18/2019

It’s been almost a month and I still wonder if our children are looking up at the same moon. @ Port Angeles, Washington

This is wearing a handsome necklace I made.
06/12/2019

This is wearing a handsome necklace I made.

Yesterday’s wreckage.
05/15/2019

Yesterday’s wreckage.

What I found on the cheap seats: The armory in Humboldt Park was renovated and the original auditorium seats were destro...
05/14/2019

What I found on the cheap seats:
The armory in Humboldt Park was renovated and the original auditorium seats were destroyed. Luckily, the brass tags could be salvaged.
📸: @ Humboldt Park

Of travel I’ve had my share, man.
04/23/2019

Of travel I’ve had my share, man.

The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics. The supermassive beast lies in a galaxy called M87 mo...
04/11/2019

The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics. The supermassive beast lies in a galaxy called M87 more than 50 million light-years away.

Pockets full of junk after a day at the flea market. 📸: @ Kane County Fleamarket
04/09/2019

Pockets full of junk after a day at the flea market.
📸: @ Kane County Fleamarket

Lord, I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
03/27/2019

Lord, I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?

BROOKLYN: March 26th. NEEDED: 40 PEOPLE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND HAVE A CATCH AROUND AN ENTIRE BROOKLYN CITY BLOCK.Fro...
03/22/2019

BROOKLYN: March 26th.
NEEDED: 40 PEOPLE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND HAVE A CATCH AROUND AN ENTIRE BROOKLYN CITY BLOCK.
From the artist, :
It is an exquisite thing to have a catch. Without the exchange of even a single word, a good catch becomes a temporal poem of hope and heritage.
It is intimate, it is tremendous, and it is divinely pointless. To have a catch is joyful.

Folks, it almost Opening Day. So let’s celebrate the joy that every baseball season brings. Let’s take that joy to the streets. Let’s have a catch.

On Tuesday , March 26th at high noon, we’re going to have a catch around an entire Brooklyn block. Then we’re going to share a couple of 8’ long party subs from Paisanos Deli, maybe a couple beers.
To make this happen, we need about 40 people. So, here’s the ask: You got a glove? Can you be at The Invisible Dog Art Center on Bergen Street in Brooklyn on Monday, March 25th at around 11:30 am? Are you cool with us documenting this whole weird thing on film? And most importantly, you wanna have a catch ‘round the block and then eat some party subs?

If the answer is really and truly YES, then let us know ASAP. Let’s have a catch. EVERYONE welcome.
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‘ROUND THE BLOCK
HIGH NOON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH (SHOW UP STARTING AT 11AM, ARRIVING NO LATER THAN 11:30)
INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER
51 BERGEN ST.
BROOKLYN, NY
(F TRAIN TO BERGEN ST)

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