tuesday tutorial: recycled crayon alphabet
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 directions: 1.
URBANITES INATTENDUES
(Léa Longéot, Elise Macaire, Adeline Besson, Karine Durand) Créée en 2001, DIDATTICA est un une association qui travaille à la croisée de l’architecture, de l’éducation et de la démocratie. Abritée à l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris - La Villette, cette association rassemble aussi bien des étudiants que des architectes, des sociologues, des artistes, des enseignants et des chercheurs. Ensemble, ils contribuent au montage de projets coopératifs et pédagogiques de création, à l’édition et à la mise en réseau de collectifs et associations engagés dans les démarches de production démocratique de l’espace. (panneau) Le Jardin des fissures est le résultat d’une action pédagogique de création menée par un artiste du Land Art, des élèves du collège Rosa Luxemburg, l’association DIDATTICA et les habitants du quartier Landy, à Aubervilliers.
Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » diy project: recycled scrap paper notebooks
we blessing sisters have loved notepads, notebooks and all things paper since our first wide-rule pads we bought in gradeschool. we have trouble letting go of even a single sheet of paper, lest we find a use to reuse or recycle it in the craft room! this time, we repurposed our old faxes and paper scraps into notebooks and made them useful again. we pulled out old wrapping paper, books we didn’t mind ripping pages out of, and other odds and ends to make the covers pretty. this is quick and easy to do with what you already have at home, and you end up with a stack of handy, useful pads that might even give you a tinge of back-to-school nostalgia. –bbbcraft sisters CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump!
Road Sign Stools
Given a heavy, yet healthy, obsession with road signs, I created these stools for my new apartment. They use a simple metal-bending technique to turn down the sharp edges of the signs and simultaneously brace the legs. You can see some of my other projects that use signs and this bending technique here: and here:
Plastic bag Yarn - gooseflesh
Since I posted my crochet Sea Creatures on Flickr in November, 2006, many people have asked me how I make the plastic bag yarn. So here is a How to lesson. There are many different techniques, but I found this one worked best for me.
Steam Punk Chandelier From Old Bikes? Yes, Please
Photos via Carolina Fontoura Alzaga Artists Carolina Fontoura Alzaga has a way with bike chains. She transforms old bike parts into some seriously cool one-of-a-kind chandeliers. They have a certain steam punk style that we love, while also upcycling up what might otherwise go to the landfill. Carolina states, "This body of work draws inspiration from Victorian chandeliers, DIY and bike culture, and the use of unartistic materials."