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Box? Basket? Boxket?

December 27, 2021 Michael Bissell

My neighbors down the hill did some work on their picket fence a few months ago and left some painted…

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The Barrel Lampshade from Pallet Wood

January 1, 2021 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

We stopped to get donuts the other day and found an abandoned pallet sitting by the side of the road.…

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Building a Wine Box Cover

New Wine Box: Reclaimed Plywood

July 4, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

We’ve all had that flimsy bit of old furniture… the one with the 1/8th inch sheet of plywood in the…

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Painted Lamp next to Stained Lamp

The White Lamp

June 16, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

I’ve been making lamps from unpainted scrap wood, but I discovered I had a lot of primed or painted wood…

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Sneeze Guard/Screen from an old window

May 22, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

Did you know that construction waste is around 40% of what goes into the landfills?  While the lamps and melting…

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Using Scrap to Make Tools: New Pressing Plates from Ductwork and Plywood

May 21, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

Making plastic sheets needs a big, flat press.  I don’t have a fancy press, but I am able to fashion…

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Cedar Plank Wood Wine Box

A Better Box of Wine

April 30, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

I came back from Costco the other day with a big box of red wine. I had to agree that…

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japanese style lampshade sketch

Prototyping

April 28, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

I like the fact that I can take scrap wood and some old cups and turn them into a lamp…

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How Plastic Cups Become Art

April 14, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

We’re steadily working through a couple years of old Starbucks iced drink cups that Markie has been collecting.  They’re generally…

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Chatting about the Block Design

April 12, 2020 Michael Bissell Leave a comment

Here’s a two minute chat from the front porch. From melting plastic to collecting scrap wood, to reusing lamp shades,…

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