What if you could stop time? That perfect rust bloom on vintage linen. The ghost print left by metal on paper. The way corrosion tells stories our words can’t capture. You’ve created these beautiful accidents—now learn how to make them last forever. This First Friday, we’re diving deep into two transformative techniques that will change how you work with rusted and stained materials. These aren’t harsh chemical fixes or synthetic sealants. These are natural preservation methods that work with your materials, not against them—as organic and earth-friendly as the rusting process itself. Forget everything you think you know about collage. We’re going three-dimensional. Using rusted fabrics, stained papers, and found objects, we’ll create sculptural assemblages that feel like archaeological artifacts—pieces with the weight and presence of museum relics, the intimacy of talismans, the mystery of objects unearthed after decades in an attic trunk.