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FBR Buzz
A wonderfully written article that covers our mission, ethos and drive extremely well...thanks Film Journal International!
FBR Calendar: Margaret & Juliana
This past Friday, Margaret starred as FBR's "50's homemaker" in our third photoshoot for the FBR Calendar. It was the perfect opportunity to showcase some of our incredible vintage kitchen appliances and wide selection of fake food. The staff even used up some old wallpaper to complete the look. You'd never know from the photos that the set was assembled in the Re-Gallery!
Margaret gets the full treatment from Aimee, Operations Coordinator.
The Re-Gallery is remodeled into a vintage kitchen for the afternoon.
Smoke break after the fact, lovely as ever.
For Juliana's "spelling bee" shoot, the staff put together an amazing schoolroom set - in our kitchen! Using materials sourced entirely from the FBR prop shop (including her costume!), we were able to recreate a school scene complete with class room maps, student desks and even a -fake- apple for the teacher. We're halfway done! Only 6 more months to shoot!
The kitchen transforms!
FBR's spelling bee.
Miss September's got a bee in her bonnet!
FBR in Lucky Magazine
Check out this month's issue of Lucky Magazine, because FBR's got a featured spot!
Super Model Coco Roche mentions FBR in Lucky Magazine as a favorite place!
Take a tip from the stars... come and visit!
FBR Calendar: Kelley & Nicolette
Another great photoshoot for the FBR calendar!
Kelley spent her afternoon lounging in a tub out back. Her bathing beauty shot is sure to inspire!
Nicolette posed as a saucy librarian for the month of June. Thanks to Guvnor's Vintage Thrift on 5th Ave for the incredible 40's ensemble!
Check back for behind-the-scenes footage of our next shoot!
Lights! Camera! Auction! - Jessi Arrington
At FBR, we're gearing up for our 2012 "Lights! Camera! Auction!" Benefit in November. As a special treat, we've invited local celebrities to guest curate collections that reflect their personal tastes and unique vision.
Jessi Arrington - graphic designer extraordinaire, tastemaker, color-lover and all around great gal - stopped by FBR to curate her collection last week. Jessi took to the clouds on our larger-than-life Pegasus, sporting a red glitter helmet.
Watch the video blow to see Jessi's other curatorial selects:
Did you know...
Did you know...: a monthly post featuring the uncommon, unnoticed or altogether unusual talents and oddities of the FBR staff.
Did you know that FBR's Development Coordinator Nicolette Stosur-Bassett was once the Walgreens diaper baby?! One year old Nicolette (then Lauren Nicole) was selected from babies across the U.S. to portray "Samantha" the female diaper baby. Her family didn't know she'd gotten the spot until relatives started seeing a familiar face in the infant care aisle.
...Now you know!
FBR talks trash with Juliana O'Byrne
At FBR, we never throw away useable furniture pieces, but this dowdy wooden cabinet was on its way out the door. Â Until! Â Juliana transformed this trash-to-be into an adorable, enviable accent table. Â You too can turn curbside trash into a piece that you'll treasure, just follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Taking stock. Â The cabinet was looking a little rough: it was smelly, the hinges were loose and in general it was just falling apart. Â "Old and nasty" said Juliana.
Step 2: The base. Â Juliana removed the wooden base of the cabinet. Â It was too heavy and falling to pieces. Â She scrounged up some old table legs that were lying around the FBR shop and cut them to size. Â The brass hardware on the bottom of the legs was tarnished & needed a little polishing up. Â Juliana worked her magic with a simple home-ec. tip: toothpaste! Â First, clean the tarnished brass. Â Next, scrub it down with a glob of toothpaste & some steel wool.
Huge improvement! Â Notice the difference?
Step 3: Get 'er ready! Â Juliana sanded the entire piece down and then prepped it with a coat of primer. Â She reinforced hinges and replaced old hardware where necessary. Â Some regular old interior house paint, in a lovely salmon color, provides the accent on this accent piece. Â Remember: 2 coats will make sure it's even and smooth.
Step 4: Shell-ac! Â Juliana selected some cute seashell wallpaper and covered the interiors of the cabinet, including this unique pull-out tray. Â The entire piece was then finished with 2 coats of spray gloss.
Ta-Da! Â It looks great - totally transformed!
Upcycled Antiques
What can you do with an defunct traveling trunk? Â Upcycle it into a side table of course!
Searching around the prop shop, Michelle (FBR's DIY/upcycle intern) found the top of an old traveling trunk that was missing its bottom. Â She had the great idea to turn it into a living room side table.
Michelle turned the trunk upside-down and created an flat table surface. Â She fastened some legs and collaged the table top with images of the Caribbean Sea. Â You can see more images of Michelle's work here or stop by FBR's RE-Gallery and pick up this piece for yourself!
CAMBA: Donation Story
CAMBA, one of FBR's ongoing partner charities, lucked out this week when we received a huge donation of yard and garden supplies.  Earlier in the month, we delivered a huge donation of mulch for CAMBA's organic garden in GM's Cadillac Escalade.  To complete the gardening experience, CAMBA received a donation which included a brand new self-propelled lawn mower (ticket price erngkjren!), 2 brand new wheelbarrows, a garden shed, gardening supplies and tools, 3 brooms, towels for clients and some hula hoops!
Another 2 wheelbarrows were donated to Grounded Knowledge, an organization that seeks to create systemic change in how we define, develop and implement educational systems. Â
A big thank you to our donors who make this materials redistribution possible!
A whole lotta wheel barrows!
 Faye Merolla, Project Manager for CAMBA's Park Slope location, was happy to walk away with this brand new lawn mower.
Check out that price tag!
A handy utility shed to store all of CAMBA's new garden supplies.
"My suitcase and guitar in hand"
Michelle Rickert, FBR's current DIY/upcycle intern, has been creating incredible pieces from odds and ends found around the prop shop. Â You can see Michelle's photography work and prop fabrication here. Â Check out this suitcase she fashioned from an old cello:
Michelle aged the face of the cello by sanding it down in certain areas. Â Then, she added a hooking closure and suitcase handle.
The inside of the suitcase is lined with midnight blue velvet and decoupaged with old sheet music.
Secret Garden
FBR has a secret garden and it's brimming with all kinds of beautiful plants! In an area that was once used to store coal, we've filled our planters with vegetable seeds, flowers and plants donated from productions. It's really lovely to see the greenery enjoy the little bit of sun that trickles down into our basement space. Check out the progress of our garden:
Some fresh basil from our garden! Mmmm, lunch!
These cucumbers are really taking off!
Even though our plants only get a few hours of sunlight every day,
they've responded really well to all this wet weather we've been having.
In typical FBR style, we're growing flowers out of some donated toilets. Creative reuse!
Donation Appreciation!
This week, we received some incredible donations from Piper Theatre Productions, a Park Slope-based theatre company!  This life-size Pegasus (unbelievable!), several giant surf boards and  real-deal lifeguard chair were all used in a recent production of Xanadu.  The best part?  The kids themselves walked the donation over from the Old Stone House.  Thanks guys!
Upcycled Crewelwork Lampshade!
As part of an ongoing DIY project, FBR staff member Juliana O'Byrne is livening up an old, dowdy lampshade with some simple crewelwork.
Beautiful!
[caption id="attachment_843518" align="aligncenter" width="512"] An ordinary lampshade completely transformed with reuse materials.[/caption]
FBR Calendar: Liz & Eva
The ladies of Film Biz Recycling gear up for the much-anticipated FBR calendar, due to be released November 2012. Â Each employee will get her (and his!) own month to feature FBR's diverse prop selection. Â Here's a sneak peek at what we've got in store:
[caption id="attachment_843518" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Eva, all dolled up for her Gidget-inspired calendar shoot![/caption]
[caption id="attachment_843518" align="aligncenter" width="239"] The prop banana gets some screen time... Lookin' good![/caption]
[caption id="attachment_843518" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Sparks fly as Liz gets prepped for her electrocution scene.[/caption]
GM and Film Biz Recycling deliver!
What happens when two nonprofit executives deliver donations in a GM Hybrid luxury vehicle in the scorching summer heat? Good things and great discoveries!
Have a seat...
Joel Frank, Director of Operations at Materials for the Arts in LIC, has taken MFTA's reuse mission to heart. Joel creates handcrafted, one-of-a-kind specialty art chairs from reclaimed materials. His work is so unexpected, so innovative and full of imagination that we thought he deserved a feature on the FBR blog. Check out some of his incredible, upcycled pieces below!
You can view other pieces by Joel Frank here or contact him about custom work at [email protected].
It's alliiive! Once upon a time this was an old, metal teacher's chair that Joel rescued from the dump. How did it transform? Joel selected river rocks which secured the base of the chair, then he filled the gaps with live Reindeer Moss. The chair grows, oddly enough, but does not need watering. Talk about going green!
Found object extraordinaire. Throughout his travels over the years, Joel accumulated a treasured collection of knick-knacks - a Maori bone carving from New Zealand, a piece of the Berlin wall, an antique door key from Philadelphia. When he found this chair on the street, it looked like it had been traveling too and Joel added it to his collection. All of his mementos, pieces of places he'd been, just seemed to fit in all the right places. The end result? A world-traveler, a real piece of art.
Ivy throne. This was the first chair that Joel made, salvaged from the streets of Philadelphia. What an incredible, wonderful, whimsical addition to any nursery, music video, secret garden... the possibilities of reuse are endless!
SHARP goes shopping
Resident artists from Snug Harbor's SHARP (Snug Harbor Artist Residency Program) went shopping for supplies at Film Biz Recycling yesterday. Looking fierce!
We're glad they were able to reuse our materials and upcycle them into incredible new works of art!