Tahlia – September 2022
I’m always amazed at what creatives can do when given a challenge.
Among The Trees, a recycled timber store and workshop in Sydney, put the challenge out to their local community to see what they can craft from a crate of timber offcuts that would otherwise to go waste.
The entries are an amazing range of wonderfully weird and beautifully crafted wooden pieces. From a desk light to a tortilla press, the range of entries created from timber offcuts shows that with a little creativity and thought we can minimise what goes into landfill.
The competition had three award categories;
A foldable beach chair made from reclaimed timber offcuts and reclaimed copper for the hinges. Made by Hugo Vos and Jake Wilson in a team effort, they designed the hardware and mechanism themselves. The inside of the chair was charred black and then buffed.
Tortilla press made from reclaimed timber offcuts from Among The Trees, reclaimed hardware (hinges) and a broken clothes hanger. This piece was designed by Ingrid Errington to resemble a Willy Wagtail with a beak between the hinges and the lever for pressing or holding the press open which stands upright mimicking the wagtail.
Wooden spatulas from reclaimed decking offcuts.
Timber offcuts to tea cabinet with drawers : Outer old spotted gum flooring, fence post offcuts for the handles and drawer fronts and new guinea rosewood offcuts for the cabinetry.
Among The Tree’s goal is to prevent discarded and preloved timber from going to landfill and they have done a wonderful job with this event!
The ATT team are experts in all things recycled timber, read more about their woodwork classes and recycled timber workshop at AmongTheTrees.com.au .