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Well handsome Dodger didn’t actually grow in this reclaimed lumber raised bed…he just liked hanging out in there this fall, before the planting started! But now that the warm weather is here, the 2×6′s we saved from a local film … Continue reading
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Jay Thompson is one stylish guy. He makes fantastic handmade bow ties, like this one, made from our reclaimed fabric remnants: He bought some really beautiful remants from us last week , so we can’t wait to see more ! … Continue reading
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Pop-Up Repair is an intervention in the cycle of use-and-discard consumerism. For four weeks in June 2013, a group of theater artisans — including a Resource Exchange employee — will activate a storefront repair shop, fixing household objects brought in … Continue reading
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Local artist Kathryn Sclavi came into the shop this week to pick up some fabric for her free pop up coffee shop. The coffee shop will be popping up in a vacant lot in Philadelphia this summer. Rather than allow … Continue reading
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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
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Our friend Monica Manklang, Director of Marketing and Strategy at Generocity, invited us to meet with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society representatives to talk about sustainability and saving material from the Philadelphia Flower Show. Here’s Karyn, our ED, with PHS Operations Manager … Continue reading
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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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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
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We get wallpaper donated from film and theater productions. Often more wallpaper is bought than needed to decorate a set. The excess would be sent to landfills if we didn’t step in to reclaim them. There are gems within our … Continue reading
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Just in: 20 more sheets of homasote reclaimed from a film set! Remember homasote? We’ve featured it on the blog before, because it’s something you’ll almost always find at The Resource Exchange. Homasote is actually a brand name, but the … Continue reading
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The set for Arden Children’s Theatre’s Cinderella before… …and after. Under the supervision of the Arden’s Technical Director Glenn Perlman, even huge sets like this one come down quickly. Much like the set of Charlotte’s Web from last season, this … Continue reading