Friday, May 6, 2011
Salvage Leather Cushion
From patent to motorcycle and more leathers come in many forms and finishes, making it a clever candidate for collaging into new shapes with juxtaposed colors and patterns.
Stitched from scraps without fresh dye, new treatments or spot cleaning, this neat patchwork pillow shows the marks of its manufactured origins and suggests an easy way to upcycle unused materials directly from factory floors.
But hopefully this is just the beginning – there are worlds of possibilities along these same lines: hybrid jackets, boots and gloves to whole handbags, maybe even Frankenstein-style chairs and sectionals too.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Materials: Ikea CD storage unit, vintage cowboy comic strips, vintage arrows, digitally printed cardboard drawers
Description: A friend was tossing out an old (chipboard with green laminate) Ikea CD storage unit, so I took it home and wondered how it could be useful since storing CDs anymore is not.
I cut out vintage cowboy comic strips and squares and decoupaged (mod podge
) them to all sides. I then drilled holes (not all the way through) in both sides and cut 3 vintage arrows in half and glued them into the holes on each side. I used to work at a place that had an enormous digital printer, so I had the CAD guys design a dieline for cardboard drawers that would slide into the CD cubbies. I scanned an indian from the comics, blew it up and printed it on the front of the new cardboard drawers on the digital press (which prints directly on cardboard). I added little metal horseshoes as drawer pulls with actual indian nickels as washers (I drilled a hole through the nickels). And there you have it... a functional and artistic storage piece!
~ Bev (Beaver) Williams, Southern California
Description: A friend was tossing out an old (chipboard with green laminate) Ikea CD storage unit, so I took it home and wondered how it could be useful since storing CDs anymore is not.
I cut out vintage cowboy comic strips and squares and decoupaged (mod podge
) them to all sides. I then drilled holes (not all the way through) in both sides and cut 3 vintage arrows in half and glued them into the holes on each side. I used to work at a place that had an enormous digital printer, so I had the CAD guys design a dieline for cardboard drawers that would slide into the CD cubbies. I scanned an indian from the comics, blew it up and printed it on the front of the new cardboard drawers on the digital press (which prints directly on cardboard). I added little metal horseshoes as drawer pulls with actual indian nickels as washers (I drilled a hole through the nickels). And there you have it... a functional and artistic storage piece!~ Bev (Beaver) Williams, Southern California
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