I have a love of free materials for many reasons, not least of which is that I feel fine having dozens of non-working prototypes when I’m building with garbage. It doesn’t get much “freer” than wooden pallets. Here are a few pallet projects I’ve found: Mikey and Wendy’s pallet chair, made in an afternoon and […]
Pooktre of Queensland, Australia grow trees into some impressive furniture forms among various other designs. A craft requiring much care and planning, their tree-working designs can easily take years to grow to completion – In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter and Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. […]
Friend of MAKE Mikey Sklar writes in: Everyone has pallets. Wendy Tremayne explains just how easy it is to convert your standard pallet into a beautiful adirondack chair. The only costs involved is a few dollars in nuts, bolts, washers and screws.
Here’s an interesting contest: recycle discarded mattresses into useful products! Deadline has been extended to December 19: The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale. Entrants must create designs that take into […]
Artist Gayle Chong Kwan has recreated the ancient city of “Atlantis” using recycled plastic bottles and other food packaging collected from ordinary citizens in London. The project attempts to question “notions of waste, climate change and how this is changing our planet’s climate.” Interesting installation made of objects that will also be recycled (again) after […]
If you need some more decorations for the holiday, give this project a try. It’s a paper star ornament that can be made from recycled materials. I like the fact that it folds up into a neat little book when the holidays are over. Learn how to make Star ornaments
Thanks to Star Simpson (famous for exposing Boston Airport’s absurdity) for this tip on a new wiki covering an important topic: where to find good trash. Trashwiki is still very new and sparsely populated, but it’s a start. Please comment with any other links you have to trash- (aka treasure-) locating resources. You too will […]
