From the pickups to the necks, we bring the parts from discarded instruments back to life. One of our new goals is to begin shaping necks out of reclaimed wood. The bodies of our Boho Series are made from melted down scrap metal.
via How to Upcycle Discarded Oil Cans to Build Guitars with BOHEMIAN GUITARS | Performer Mag.
Before dying one of the workers alerted his family and the yard managers of the accident via his mobile phone. The families rushed to the yard, but found the gates locked.
“One of the survivors told me that he could have saved at least two of the workers if the yard had provided them with oxygen. Instead, the yard management wanted to hide the bodies,” said Ali Shahin. “The families, who had been alerted of the accident, finally managed to break the gates of the yard. But it was, unfortunately, too late to save the workers.”
Zakir Hossain, deputy inspector general of the Department of Inspection for Safeties of Shops and Establishments, told the newspaper, “Our inspector visited the factory and found the accident had occurred due to negligence. We will serve a notice on the owner.”
Shipbreaking involves the dismantling of old ships for scrap recycling of their steel and other equipment on board.
Around one million tonnes of steel are dismantled in Bangladeshi shipyards every year. The country’s shipbreaking industry provides direct and indirect employment for about 200,000 people.
via Four More Shipbreaking Workers Die in Bangladesh | Environment News Service.
You know when something is so beautiful it hurts?
That is how I felt when I first saw the Japanese Forest House on Curbed. Brian Schulz’s sense of humor eased my heartache a little, but scrolling through the pictures of his beloved house brings it all back in a flash.
Treat yourself today and go see this labor of love in all it’s glory!
A couple years ago I found a neat little brass sink at the local recycle center. Enamored of shiny objects, I coveted it’s golden glow, entirely aware of the fact that I had no use for such a thing. I wandered around for an hour or so with it in my hand, looking at other stuff, relalizing that if I took it I’d have to build a home for it. I eventually brought it up to the register and started planning my house on the drive home.
Yes, I am serious, and don’t call me shirley.
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With deep enough pockets a person might be able to duplicate such a structure by writing a large check to a talented builder, but that would risk missing the point entirely. Almost every piece of this tiny house was salvaged, most of it from within a ten miles of where the house sits.
via japanesehouse.
Chissick Design just unveiled a new collection of beautiful fused wood furniture. Each piece is made of scrap wood collected from different carpenters that is fused together to create unique pieces of sustainable furniture. The salvaged wood furnishings range from credenzas and chairs to shelves and tables, and each piece is defined by the form of the materials collected.
SCRAP seeks a consultant or consulting group to assess our intake, materials processing and retail methods, documentation and level of efficiency and provide to our executive team a status report and recommendations for increasing efficiency with present and recommended resources. Priority will be given to reuse professionals with proven experience developing, maintaining and perfecting a donations-based reuse environment open to the public.
Founded in 1999, SCRAP is a local creative reuse center that was the inspiration of public school teachers who hated to throw away the leftover materials from class projects. Since its modest start 15 years ago, SCRAP has developed into a large center serving the Portland Metro area. Our mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behaviors by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community. In 2012, SCRAP processed 129 tons of donations including business pick-ups and drop-offs from individuals and businesses.
SCRAP is located at 2915 NE MLK Jr. Blvd in Portland and open 7 days a week.
For more information or a full RFP, please contact Kelley Carmichael Casey, Executive Director at kelley@scrappdx.org.
Happy Friday courageous readers!
Today’s candy provided by DesignMilk via James McNabb of McNabb & Co. who proves that scrap is beautiful in the right hands.
Philadelphia-based designer and craftsman James McNabb took inspiration from cityscapes and chose to mesh his woodworking skills into this series of urban landscapes. The über detailed sculptures are made from discarded scrap wood and each abstract architectural “building” is unique.
via Spectacular Wood Sculptures: City Series by McNabb & Co – Design Milk.
Gothenburg, Sweden-based design studio, Design Stories, set out to create a collection made of industrial waste material produced by local companies. Working in collaboration with a group of producers and artisans called Returhuset, Merry-Go-Round was born. The pieces are made from materials that would normally be thrown away as trash and the results are a charming collection of lamps and tables with an interesting story to tell.
via Merry-Go-Round: A Collection Made of Waste Material – Design Milk.
Joint Perspectives a young design studio based in London formed by María Meller and Mirja Sick, recently completed a sideboard using discarded pieces of materials.
Using copper and oak, the irregularity of the pieces, which were laid side by side to create the design, has an intense visual impact. The pieces of copper and oak are in different stages of their lives – from old weathered oak is matched up with sheets of copper left outside for a month. Each piece of oak was cut individually, so they don’t line up, creating a sculptural effect and hiding the storage inside.
See the entire article via Oak and Copper Sideboard Made from Scrap Material by Joint Perspectives – Design Milk.