This semester I created two projects.  The first was jewelry made from an old, broken mug.  This project involved shaping and drilling pieces of the porcelain and incorporating the pieces with woven hemp and metal jewelry clamps/hooks.  The links to all of the posts regarding this project are below. Upcycle Final: Jewelry from a mug…

The basis of my design was a planter that would give me the ability to add greenery to my living area, without taking up too much space.  As a result I created a basic design of a vertical shelf planter.  At the beginning of the process I was under the impression that I would possibly…

For my final project, I am creating a hanging/standing planter with a removable shelf. The main purpose is to fit in a variety of spaces. The asthmatic will be modern. Already have: Wood for the shelves April 4th: Order steel for the supports of the shelves April 5-8: Cut the wood to size and cut…

The top 5 constraints of my final project are: The planter needs to be able to support the weight of soil water and plants It needs to fit in a small horizontal space The design needs to incorporate some sort of method for draining water I would like it to have a rustic look to…

I’ve always liked doing DIY projects to decorate my apartment and save some money in doing so. Next year I will be moving to an apartment that is in the middle of a city and doesn’t have any greenery near it. As such I’d like to create something for my apartment that gives it a…

My design process began with the material I knew I wanted to use: fragments of a porcelain mug. After some research I decided to transform the fragments into jewelry. The design I created was based on the fragments natural broken shape, and was composed of two earrings and a necklace. The bulk of the design…

For my final product I made upcycled porcelain jewelry from a mug I had recently broken. They happened to be about the right size that I wanted for a necklace and an earring. To create the holes I wanted to use a hand drill, and sand paper to smooth out the edges and get the…

For my up-cycle project I wanted to find a way to repurpose one of my favorite mugs I recently broke. I did some research, and found a bunch of projects where broken porcelain was repurposed into jewelry. Shown in the images below. For my own design I chose some pieces of the cup that were…