#recyled materials

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Liz Magor. All Silk, 2022.

Fabric, plywood, tissue paper

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Athena LaTocha. It Came from the North, 2021.

shellac ink, earth from the Green-wood cemetery, demolition sediment from downtown Brooklyn, glass microbeads from NY DOT on paper, on lead

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Marius Engh. Hermes, 2022.

stones from quarry production [pietra serena], uranium glassware, toothpicks

[my-kelde]

Simone Post. Normal chair with robes, 2022.

reupholstered old [hand-me-downs] furniture with several layers of water-based wood lacquer

[upcyclingwithlauren-blog]

Fused Grocery Bag Pouch

What you need:

Two Grocery Bags

A Pair of Scissors

Parchment Paper

An Iron

An Ironing board

A 9 Inch Zipper

A sewing machine, and

Thread

Plastic Fusing Instructions:

Prep your grocery bags. Take the two bags and cut off the handles and the bottom seam.  When you’re done, each bag should be a tube.

Take one tube and place it between two large pieces of parchment paper.  

Set your iron to cotton and run the iron over top of the parchment paper, pressing firmly, making sure to always keep the iron moving. Test the fusion by rubbing the plastic bag between your fingers. If you hear a crinkling noise, it isn’t fused yet. Repeat this process with the other bag.

Take the two fused bags and iron them together, in the same manner as before.  

Trim the unfused pieces off to give you a large plastic fabric swatch 9 inches by 14 inches.

Sewing Instructions:

To set the zipper, take your 9 inch zipper and sew it face down to the RIGHT side of your plastic.

Fold the zipper out and top stitch.

Now fold the plastic, putting the RIGHT sides together. Line up the zippers free edge with the edge of the plastic and sew.  Take your plastic tube, unzip the zipper and fold the tube right side out. Top stitch the zipper like you did before.

To sew the side seams, flip your bag inside out, making sure that you are sewing the RIGHT sides together, and sew closed each side of the tube.  Make sure you open the zipper before closing up the tube!!!

You now have the option to give your bag a flat bottom, instead of this pouch look.  To do this, sew a straight line across each corner of the bottom, and trim off the excess.

Enjoy your bag and stay tuned for more Upcycling How-To’s.

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Upcycled Wine Bottle Desk Lamp - Desk lamp made with a recycled wine bottle for the lampshade, the base is made of black MDF, lamp arm made with walnut wood, an old toggle switche, a LED bulb and red fabric cable. Upcycling at its best

[originalsinn]

Latest project is a wine gift box. It’s a belated wedding present.  I figured if I was going to make 1, I might as well make 20.

[simply2015-blog]

Waste less: ink cartridges

I recently replaced my printer ink cartridge for the first time in 4 years. Noticing that I bought ink cartridges that were recycled, I investigated how to recycle my own. 

Companies will take them for free, but did you know you can actually get paid for your used ink cartridges?

http://www.castleink.com/category/715/Recycle-Ink-Cartridges.html?language=en

I haven’t done it yet, but will report back if I have any significant findings along the way.