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Junk Creation

Archive for March 2008

March 17th, 2008

Scrap Rubber Ring (Part 1)

On Friday, I showed you the ring above.  I mentioned that it was made from rubber, fake sinew, and a steel rivet.
To begin making this ring, you need an old inner tube.  I happened upon one in a dumpster a while back. You may remember me posting instructions for how to make a small journal [...]

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March 15th, 2008

Glimpse of How-to Future

  
I thought that I’d give you all a taste of the future of how-to posts for a bit of time.  I recently posted about making a scrap leather ring–but, now, I’m going to show you how to make a couple of different rings with different scraps that you may or may not have around [...]

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March 15th, 2008

Knives and Shovels and Junk, Oh My!

Those who know me well know that I have a weakness for blacksmithing and for handmade knives in particular.
I found a site the other day that deals blacksmithing and home knifemaking–and a particular post that deals with handmade knives: Old-Timer’s Knives.  (The picture also comes from this post.)  The main blog that this post is [...]

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March 13th, 2008

Juice Pouch Purse

I found a new favorite place to ogle the latest in retail junk creation.
Eco-artware.com boasts a catalogue of what are easily labeled “junk creations.”  Click here to see their site.
The above picture is a tote, featured on the Eco-artware.com site, is made from cleaned juice pouches.  Talk about inventive!  Not to mention that I might [...]

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March 12th, 2008

Unique Efficiency

It seems to me that the issue at work in junk creation isn’t always about making something new.  I know that I posted a bit about how junk creators need to make things last week (wow, it seems like it was a lot longer ago…) but what I am getting at this week is something [...]

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March 11th, 2008

Bulky "Stove Chair"

While I don’t know if I’d ever build the type of chair I saw over at the Two Birds Fly Blog, I know I wouldn’t build it if I had even thought I’d need to move it.  This picture came from a post aptly titled: “Recycled Stove Chair.”
There were no instructions posted with the pictures, [...]

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