Juxtaposition of Owie

unconsumption:

Scissors confiscated by the TSA welded into spiders 

Austin-based sculptor Christopher Locke, mentioned previously on Unconsumption here, constructs creepy-yet-cool-looking spider-creatures from TSA-confiscated scissors, Swiss army knives, and the like. (via Colossal)

To learn how Christopher makes them, check out his blog here.

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Another use for old chairs: Turn them into swings.

Spotted on Pinterest. Idea and photo via Husohem.se, which provides a tutorial, in Swedish.

There’s also this chair-swing example [spotted on Pinterest via Nancy Wallace (sassynancy)], with rope strung through the frame.

Better than, say, tire swings, no?

unconsumption:

Today’s tutorial:

Over on Instructables, Jason Hull (a.k.a. Jayfish) provides steps explaining how to turn vintage cameras into awesome night lights.

Jason inserts LED automatic on/off night lights into the camera shells. The process involves several steps, detailed here. For a gallery of photos of various camera-lights Jason’s made, look here.

(Spotted on Pinterest via Poppytalk.)

“Sergio Silva’s Oyule Lamps bring an ironic twist to the traditional oil lamp by using modern materials that were invented to replace it. The repurposed lightbulbs sit peacefully on the acrylic base without any obstructions to take away from the clean lines of the bulbs themselves.  Very clever and effective design.”

(Source: unconsumption)