Artist Richard Dunbrack makes masterful pieces of art furniture from recycled wood and metals. Each work is created from bits and pieces of found objects put together in new ways to created a new world of wonderfulness that has never come before. He has a great whimsical sense of fun, and his pieces have a rich unusual color pallette. Truly one of a kind.
$5700.00 at American Pie Crafts
Chairs created from recycled barrells …why, of course! Everyone comments how comfy they are, but their real beauty lies in the fact that they are made from 95% reclaimed materials utilizing 44-gallon steel drums and reclaimed lumber. Each is custom-made galvanized or in a range of powder coated colors.
$300.00 Australian dollars at Aussie Outdoor Furniture
Purchase these eco-friendly recycled glass plates and a portion of the proceeds go to help organizations such as: Forbes Hospice, Alzheimer’s Association Greater PA, The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force & Persad Center, Habitat for Humanity and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. As mentioned before, these plates by, Riverside Design Group, are post-industrial/pre-consumer recycled glass and are hand colored and finished.
14″ square is $88.00, 9″ square is $36.00 and 5 x 10″ rectangle is $36.00 at Plates with Purpose
Place settings designed in western Pennsylvania, USA. are handcrafted of post-industrial/ pre-consumer recycled glass. Hand colored and hand formed. Unlike many recycled glass plates I’ve looked into, these go in the dishwasher and microwave. how handy!
Details available at Riverside Designs
We’ve mentioned before that the United States is upgrading stoplights to a more efficient technology using LEDs, leaving these old glass lenses obsolete. If the Traffic Light Pendant is not your style, grab some traffic light dishes. They are colorful and they’ve been around the block before. I need to learn some traffic light history a bit, since there seem to be no green, but yellow+blue??
8″ Dessert Plates are $35.00 each and Set of Four is $115.00
12″ Large Dinner Plates are $55.00 each and Set of Four is $190.00 at Recycled Glassworks
