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Like so many children, McFlashpants was conceived during the New York city blackout. Seriously.
When the power died, so did my artificial construct of reality: I had no food, no water, no money, no way to attain any, and no way to escape the situation. Let’s say it was a clarifying moment. I realized I had absolutely no idea how to take care of myself without my giant urban pacifier. So, I decided to make a change.

I moved to bucolic upstate New York, where I lose power almost daily, hardly ever see my friends, and am still afraid of the dark. But it’s better now. I’m tapped back into the cycle of life. and can actually live without a deli across the street.
In fact, I now own and run an organic farm. I grow and preserve my own food, raise chickens, tend goats, and compost and recycle to the point of obsessively ridiculous...

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  • Female
  • Born on October 30
  • Joined October 1, 2008

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Silverware, teapots, chafing dishes, plants, stove burners, tin cans

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About

Like so many children, McFlashpants was conceived during the New York city blackout. Seriously.
When the power died, so did my artificial construct of reality: I had no food, no water, no money, no way to attain any, and no way to escape the situation. Let’s say it was a clarifying moment. I realized I had absolutely no idea how to take care of myself without my giant urban pacifier. So, I decided to make a change.

I moved to bucolic upstate New York, where I lose power almost daily, hardly ever see my friends, and am still afraid of the dark. But it’s better now. I’m tapped back into the cycle of life. and can actually live without a deli across the street.
In fact, I now own and run an organic farm. I grow and preserve my own food, raise chickens, tend goats, and compost and recycle to the point of obsessively ridiculous.
Which is where McFlashpants comes in. After all I wanted to keep metalsmithing, just without the mining and the waste. So, McFlashpants is a collection of jewelry and small housewares made almost entirely from reused, renewed, repurposed, recycled, and reinvigorated materials.

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