How-To: Upcycled Door Kitchen Organizer
Turn an old closet door into the perfect kitchen organizer with this simple DIY!
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Made in Senegal
In Senegal, whole families of crafters find ingenious ways to use recycled materials. They utilize non-working computer parts, discarded electronics, and old soda cans to make guitars, sculptures and furniture.
How-To: Triangle Folded Plastic Bags
If you’ve ever fumbled in your pocket for plastic bags on a dog walk or strolled into your kitchen to find the cat shredding a shopping bag into plastic confetti, you’ll definitely appreciate this simple triangle folded plastic bag tutorial that Rona Binay shared on Instructables.
A Cardboard Bike?
Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni says he ready to mass-produce a 20-pound bicycle made of cardboard that’s waterproof and even fireproof. There are no metal parts. The chain is actually a car’s timing belt and the tires are made from reconstituted rubber. The cost? Twenty bucks.
How-To: Trash Can Composter
Commercial composting canisters can be expensive, but spend an hour or less drilling holes in an old trash can, and you can compost to your heart’s content.
Circuit Board Skeletons
I was really struck by Canadian artist Peter McFarlane’s circuit board skeleton, and his views on electronic waste. The series includes skeletons, sculptures, and paintings.
Robot Costumes
The robot Halloween costume. It’s classic, right? It’s one of those costumes you can make at the last minute, and still look great — some cardboard boxes and whatever random junk glued on as knobs, levers, and screens. Spray paint the whole thing silver, and you’re done! Illustrator Elena Nazzaro transformed her three kids into […]
