Rabid Hands + The Resource Exchange

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Rabid Hands Art Collective recently visited our shop, looking for materials [lumber, felt, paper rolls, foam tubes, and more] for their project in the 2013 Hidden City Festival. Hidden City invites artists to animate Philadelphia’s most unusual and remarkable spaces, … Continue reading

Derby [6] Costumes

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There’s more than one way to ride a bike in style. A few weeks back, our friends Samantha and James [of Mr. and Mrs. Magoo's Traveling Trash Puppet Circus] created this gorgeous mascot-style Grumpy Cat with reclaimed faux fur from … Continue reading

G[re]en Thumb

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Remember these? These screens, salvaged from a film, have been repurposed before as interior decor. But they have great potential outdoors as well! The South Philly tree below needed a little help, so our friend Caitlin Perkins used a reclaimed … Continue reading

Derby [6] The Mod Approach

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Remember this? Look very closely, and you’ll see CDs and tubing used in repetition to create a monster. Sometimes small pieces, repeated, can have amazing visual impact while maintaining flexibility. How could you use the following materials, all available for … Continue reading

Derby [5] Paper

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Paper: flat, white, mundane. Right? Hold on just a minute, there, partner. Remember the excellent horse sculpture that we featured last week in our fabric post? How great would it be if that sculpture…. moved? Okay, okay, I know: every … Continue reading

Father-Daughter Creative Reuse

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Dalyn Montgomery took the reclaimed canvas pictured above — originally from a film set — and reused it as a painting surface. This endeavor involved extra reuse skills because the canvas had a hole in one corner. Dalyn was up … Continue reading