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ONE OF A KIND ART          CREATED FROM FOUND OBJECTS
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This vintage flying machine just landed fresh from the airshow in New Jersey.  Made from an old Thermos,
roller skate, and kitchen sink parts this guys is ready to fly you Back to the Future !
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If Elon Musk can put one of his cars into space then, I can launch this vintage Thermos on a trip to Uranus.
The gantry tower is made from an acoustic guitar neck, the base a garden bug trap  and the space capsule is a old oil can.  5, 4, 3, 2, 1,  LIFTOFF !!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Look who just "rolled" into town from the ranch in Mayberry, N.C.   Saltine is quite a vintage ride for
her two crusty bot friends.  Do you think this could also have the makings of a real Trojan horse?   Giddee Up !
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​The perfect blend of coffee beans and an antique percolator.  Like the champagne wire earrings ?

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​Imported coffee tin meets billiard ball in a dark alley.
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Look who rode in from the dusty ole west !  Giddy is related to the ancient and fabled Trojan horse but was filled with crackers instead of soldiers.  The perfect gift to for that horse lover you may know.
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An antique tobacco tin and a vintage oil can met at the very first Comic-Con in San Diego
​and now  the rest is history.
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This Super-Sized pest is imported from the future.  This is what happens with environmental protections are scrapped by incompetents like the former EPA director,Scott Pruitt.
​The bloodsuckers are multiplying.
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This hothead is a vintage tube-powered ray blaster that is already approaching 200 degrees .  Hot Shot often gets upset when he  see people toss out items that should be recycled.   Save the whales,
save the owls, hey .......save the junk !
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While on a big coast to coast music tour these 4 bugle playing fools decided to take the day off and attend a local fair and carnival.  Key elements are:  bicycle rim, antique stove top toaster, hand drill, and spice tins.  Wheel is lit with mini lights and batteries are included.
​I think they actually made a movie about this !?
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Many of us saw the 1979 movie Mad Max. 
​This cool
RatBot is better than the flic....
Antique egg beater, pencil sharpener, Tonka wheels,
​and tuned exhaust.
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​Liftman may be the strongest pencil sharpener
on earth.

This art robot is made from a vintage seltzer maker.  Back in the stone age, you know...1940-1960
everyone  had one of these in the bar. A Co2 cartridge made your water all fizzy when you pressed the lever.
Parts here also  include: tea infuser, pencil sharpener handles, Jello molds and waffle iron base.
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Vintage gas nozzle that is now lamp art.   Funky and hip all rolled into one practical piece of
​recycled art.  Beautiful copper accents too.
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Unicorns are rare but this one was captured skating around on a 1883 wooden roller skate.

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Classic metal toy yet Prehistoric all at the same time.  Sharp teeth from a diner napkin dispenser, sharp eyes from a pair of Japanese opera glasses, and the original learning toy...wooden blocks.
Jurassic Park  get ready !
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Ever wonder what happens when
a video game controller marries
a cheese grater?
​Here is the answer.


Imported shoe mold makes a cool gyro powered
​race car for Jenny.  It really spins !
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Who said the circus closed?  This baby bot  is a little steampunk circus of one.  Vintage cans of cookies and lard are topped off with a sugar bowl headpiece and some cool earrings.  Go Navy !
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For Pete's sake won't someone
please adopt this cute little puppy?
​He won't stain your carpet.


​Forget boring Hello Kitty and say 
Hello to Brownie Kitten Bot.  Ancient box camera goes mobile
ona roller skate your grandmother had.
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Meow !  This happy little kitten robot has a ViewMaster head, vintage cotton ball dispenser body and lots of sweetness for the cat lovers.

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Here is a fun playmate for your cat...Sharpie Mouse used to be a knife sharpener.  Isn't
​she cute as a button ??
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​This art object is a real working ice crusher.
the kind that was on Don Draper's bar in Mad Men.

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Due to global warming mosquitoes in the year 2025
will be bigger, stronger, and more aggressive.
​Thanks Scott Pruitt !
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Want to own the perfect pet?
No vet bills, dog tags or carpet poop.
​Loyal and damn cheap.

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Wow, how does he do that?
A gift for the person who appreciates cool things.


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Mix one electrical panel box with a pool ball, children's blocks, whisk
and working led lights.........  It's got heart !
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Years ago two things were different about coffee.
It came in a can and you got a full 16 ounces !
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Back in the 60's kids listened to rock n roll on a transistor radio
​with a crappy single earpiece.  This thing still works..AM/FM
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Back in the day Virginia tobacco was exported to England.  Somehow this can escaped
​and is now disguised as a rooster. Can you name all the parts? 

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​All  RATBOTS   are handmade by
Hampton Roads artist
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DAVID RATCLIFF

EACH ONE IS UNIQUE AND MADE FROM
​FOUND OBJECTS
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I think this was the original Roomba carpet robot from 1962.
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All art is not this much fun.
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Vintage gumball machine enjoys new like as a King of Rulers.
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Another marriage of convenience.  
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An oil can, a coffee pot and a food strainer meet in a bar.....Now they are a hipster lamp,  go figure.
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If you support the practice of Recycling buy some art that is made from 100 % recycled objects.
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I dare you to buy this and set it out on your table at Thanksgiving dinner.  Of course you put Andy's snout into the gravy boat.  Of course you don't say anything.  Your sister in law tells your brother on the ride home, something spiteful.   Teee  Heeee.
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Opera glasses, toy bank, gas airplane engine...  Can we build something for you?

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             A cocktail shaker meets a bunch of radio tubes in a bar and I guess they just got Blasted !
​Remember...Shaken, Not stirred.
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Remember when aunt Edith used to spray for garden bugs?  Now we have Watkins to sniff them out !
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Only one cylinder but, this little racer is a blast from the past.
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World's coolest desk lamp.  Art deco base, microscope lenses face, flour sifter head and a very pleasing pattern of light up, down, and through the eyes.  Amazing and worth every penny.
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Keep this at the ready when your favorite uncle gets wasted again at the next family reunion.  You can wrap it up and present him with a keepsake of his embarrassing performance.  Yahooooo  !
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You know Carmen's cousin...Karmann Ghia ?  They both go way back.  Beep, Beep !
             



​BUY FROM LOCAL ARTISTS....THIS IS MADE HERE IN VIRGINIA...NOT CHINA
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Did your dad, uncle or grandpa carry his baloney sandwich to the shipyard in this?
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Are you enough of a hipster to put this on your desk?  A bendable lamp that says you love funky.
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Remember when  the cigarette companies wanted to get you hooked but they felt soo guilty they gave you coupons for lots of free gifts.  My uncle saved up for some time in an iron lung. Smokes even came in metal boxes like this one from the early 1920's in England.
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Back in the day before skateboards, kids had to skin their knees by strapping on the metal wheels.  Anyone seen my skate key?

KEEP SCROLLING DOWN...YOU ARE HALF WAY THERE !
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Remember when everyone had a real camera and the cell phone camera hadn't been invented?

If the RatBot you want is sold perhaps we could make you a custom one...even better !?
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OK children, this is how grandma made crushed ice before it started popping out of a refrigerator door.
​Geez, you kids got it soooo easy now.
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Electronics back in the old days was quality built in the USA and would never wear out.  Simple and effective.
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"Shake, Shake, Shake your booty..."  I mean your cocktail !
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This is how the US Navy wants their flashlight:  Way too heavy and built to survive a nuclear attack.
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Sorry you missed this cutie.
Prefer tea over coffee?  Ok here is your breakfast or afternoon tea companion.
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YES THESE ART OBJECTS ARE THE PERFECT GIFT
​ FOR SOMEONE THAT IS HARD TO BUY FOR...
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This finely crafted whisky box is all metal and opens so you can store some extra cash or whatever you have.  The ViewMaster head and ice cream scoops complete the snappy look.
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This feminine RatBot has a built in led light to put some romantic glow to your wine sipping. 
​Batteries are included.
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Ralph Kramden always said he wanted to send Alice to the moon.  Look it up on Google you youngsters.
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Take a vintage watering can , old funnel and a cookie press and before you know it...Royalty !
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Back in the day many of our food containers came in sealed metal cans.  I think that was better that using all the chemicals and preservatives we have today.  Just sayin'
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You missed this coffee loving couple but we have others with this popular theme.
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This piece commemorates the fact that Portsmouth is at the start of the Intercoastal Waterway.
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  Great gift for the car guy. A real car piston, oil can, spark plugs, sensor & connecting rod. Comes with
​his own battery powered spotlight !

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Hot Rod is the heaviest RatBot I have ever built.  The old iron body is solid metal.  Espresso maker, toy rattle hat, fuse topper and old roller skate bring back memories of the past.
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This is an old school lantern that has been given news "eyes" with some modern LED lights.
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Before the first moon landing most of us saw on tv, This little prototype surely must have helped NASA work out some of the many problems.  Body by Polaroid and light work front and back.
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Super cool robot but, this one went to Denver.
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Oops, gone to local art collector that purchased two RatBots.
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Big bot 2 feet tall with lights that work.
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Gone but, not forgotten.....
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