Category Archives: creative reuse Ideas

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Derby [5] Paper

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

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Left to Your One Device “Tool at Hand” Challenge

Left to Your One Device: The “Tool at Hand” Challenge Reception: THURSDAY, APRIL 25 // 6:00-8:00PM The Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 South 18th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 It’s too late to participate in the challenge, but you can check out … Continue reading

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Derby [3] Plastic Paradise

I was recently reading Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company‘s Green Theater Choices Toolkit [which, by the way, is a pretty awesome resource for theater makers and... everyone else who builds things / entertains audiences / is human]. The guide rates materials … Continue reading

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Derby [2] Cardboard Tubes

First up on our list of must-haves for the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby: cardboard tubes. These babies came from Arden Theatre Company. We think they’d make a great addition to your derby steed because they are visually striking, lightweight, and … Continue reading

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reCreate April: Cambridge Street Studios

Andrew McManus, Anthony Ranalli + Jeremy Deck of Cambridge Street Studios “Cambridge Street Studios is Philadelphia’s premier academic atelier. We study academic drawing, painting and sculpture. Our goal is to represent nature in an accurate, unembellished manner, without any type … Continue reading

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Introducing… the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby [1]

So — turns out every spring, Kensington is the epicenter of kinetic sculpture design, building, and racing. It’s called the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. Calling all artists, builders, cyclers, scientists, families, friends, anybodies, everybodies – Look at this. What do … Continue reading

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Miss Rockaway Throne

This chair is ours. We love it! You can’t have it! It came to us from the Miss Rockaway Armada, who both used our reclaimed material in their flotilla AND donated material at the end of the project. We were … Continue reading

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Reclaimed Tile

One of our customers did a fantastic job remodeling a bathroom with our reclaimed tiles! We have tiles in sheets for easy use, but, with a little ambition, you can get creative with mosaics and patterns! This is just a … Continue reading

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Reclaimed Samples

We received a donation last month from the design and consulting firm Nelson. NELCO Architecture Inc. is the firm’s Philadelphia branch. They were doing an office clean-out and had a lot of fabric, stone, carpet, and glass samples for discontinued products that … Continue reading