The Shredded Collection "Legs"

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s.p.wilsher

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£429

Upcycled Materials

“The Shredded Collection” is a selection of three stools made from Reused materials

The stool tops are moulded from a shredded paper and clear bio-resin composite. Whether the shredded paper is magazines, newspapers or brown bags the outcome is a beautiful and interesting piece of furniture. The thought process behind using this experimental material is to broaden people’s minds to the possibilities and opportunities a standard waste material, paper, can have. The legs are set into the moulded tops, encasing them in the resin, with the tops surfaces showing through, adding an interesting and quirky feature to the stools. The legs themselves are made from various reused and salvaged materials, encompassing household, industrial and garden waste. Each stool is named.

"Legs" is made from a selection of three furniture legs from broken or damaged furniture, giving the legs a new lease of life.

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After sourcing / collecting three interesting chair or stool legs. Clamp securely to the guide and cut with saw, saw table or band saw cutting to the same length.

Repair any imperfections, for example screw holes or chips then sand / wire wool to remove any dirt and grime, leaving as much varnish and character as possible.

Create a 320mm diameter circular template out of card to help with placement of the legs. Draw the circle using a compass and cut out with scissors.

Arrange the legs evenly in a triangle on the template, draw around them. Cut shape out of scrap wood for the legs to be screwed to hold in place.

Clamp leg securely and drill on pillar drill. Drill a hole through each leg to be screwed into supporting block.

Drill matching holes in supporting block, glue/ screw together.

Laminate MDF sheet to create a 320mm by 320mm by 75mm block. Apply an even layer of wood glue to the joining surface and clamp together with g-clamps.

Cut a rough circular shape first for less work on the lathe, screw to base plate then turn your 320mm diameter circular shape, with a 30mm radius top edge.

Coat the shape with Vaseline. Mix 500g of silicone with 5% catalyst, pour over mould. Set for 6-8 hours, for second layer add some fixtropic to thicken, like icing a cake.

Dip strips of mod rock in warm water and evenly coat the mould with two layers for rigidity. Once dry remove the MDF shape leaving a silicone inner mould.

Shred your collected waste paper into 3mm strips using a standard household shredder.

Mix 250g of clear resin with a 2% catalyst and pour a thin layer into the bottom of the mould to form a clear smooth top.

Place the three joined legs in the centre of the mould.

Mix 1200g of clear resin again with a 2% catalyst and mix thoroughly with your shredded paper. Pack it firmly in the mould around the legs, filling the mould.

Allow to set and then take out of mould. See www.castingabout.co.uk for more details and videos on the moulding process.

Materials and Equipment List

Materials with sources and costs: Top: Polyester Resin Graham Robert Plastics Ltd, Nottingham 1.2kg (£7.75/kg) or Bio Resin Canonbury Art Shop, London 1.2kg (£30/kg) Paper Household waste (free) Legs: Pallets Discarded building work, supplier, or industrial sites (free) or Tree branches Garden waste, selected tree branches (free) or Furniture legs Discarded furniture (household waste),charity shops or furniture restorers (free or at nominal cost) Fittings: Screws 10 x 2.5" Screwfix, Nottingham Qty 3 to 6 (2.2p each) PVA glue Screwfix, Nottingham 30ml per stool (£6.49 / litre) Supporting Block small piece of scrap wood, or laminated pallet scraps (free) (For “Branch” stool low cost dowel was used. 30p / stool) Mould: MDF Former 320mm diameter, 75mm deep turned former Silicone (RTV) Amber Composites 1kg (£16.99/kg) Mod rock Graham Robert Plastics Ltd, Nottingham (£2.99 15x270cm) Equipment list: (equipment used for the “legs” stool as seen in production process) Circular saw or band saw or hand saw Hand drill (and appropriate drill bits) Pillar drill (and appropriate drill bits) Sand paper Wire wool Scissors Philips screw driver G-Clamps Set square Hand clamp Paper shredder Latex gloves Wood lathe (mould former) File

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Comments (5)

byAbee Lees

November 17, 2011

So cool

I love the fact that you've used all the different kinds of legs and its just such an innovative and amazing idea!

byHUNAH

November 17, 2011

want it!!

Really nice! and professional!! Is the tools able to afford people weight? I can't believe you made three objects!!

bytanveerm

November 17, 2011

Professional Finish

Great use of mixing up scrap materials and ending with a product that looks professionally made. mixing the shredded paper with resin to create an almost new material was a great idea.

byThomasJGlover

November 17, 2011

Really effective

The idea to use confidential waste as a basis for this product, along with garden waste is ingenious. It might have been nice to have seen some photographs with your instructions, but aside from that, a really solid, saleable product.

byjsboden

November 17, 2011

these are wonderful

I really think these are wonderful, the quality of finish is very high. I like the way that the top of the legs can be seen through the resin. I think the stool with pieces of pallet for the legs is my favorite as the angular shape of the legs contradicts the rugged finish on the underside of the seat.

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