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Upcycle Design Report- Yerba Mate Candles

Vintage Americana Chalk Bag Made From Thrifted Levi’s

Upcycle Design Report: Cube Lamp

Fairy Tale Mirrored Candle Shelf

Stained Glass Motorcycle Helmet

Bottle Chainmail Cotour

The Drop-out Table: an homage to academic years and mid century simplicity.

Welded Wall E

Industrial Planter

Workwear Inspired Bouldering Bucket

Chain Clock

Post 5: Industrial Bedside table

Horse Purse

Cyberpunk Communicator

Post 5: Cactus Pot

Industrial Style Bar Cart

Aquarium Scuba Tank

Crafting Elegance: Upcycling Clase Azul Tequila Bottles into Vases

1970s/1980s Model Computer

1970s Record Side Table

Miyazaki-Inspired Airship

Blue Dragon Storm Vase

Upcycle Design Report: Surreal Symphony

American Bottlecap Astronaut

LED Googie Sign

Puck Pot: Recycled Hockey Stick Planter

Upcycle Report – Patchwork Totebag

Cottagecore Patchwork Jeans

Origami Animal Lights Decor

90s Hip Hop Inspired Denim Bucket Hat

Flowering Mushroom Book Decoration

Floating Bookshelf

Japandi Hook & Ring Game

Minimalist Knife Block with Re-used Wood

Upcycle Project – Cigar Box Mandolin

Picture Frame

Graffitied Skateboard Shoe Rack

“Floating” Wine Bottle Holder- Post 5

The Industrial Modernist Shelf

Rustic Picture Frame and Colorado Buffaloes Logo

Patchwork Shirt

Rustic Shou Sugi Ban Chess Board – Made with Mountain Barn Wood

MX-5 Diorama

Mid-Century Modern Origami Lamp

Trumpet Lamp

Upcycle Design Report: Rustic Mid-Century Wall Clock

Yassifying a Cantaloupe

Alternating Waves

Medieval Cyber Helmet

Brutalist Pencil Holder

Maximalist Victorian Wood-Toy : Toy-Train

Minimalist Denim Sun Visor

Hanging Planter: “Floating Bits of Life”

Rustic Table Coasters

The GEEN 1400 Special

Tensegrity Unused Brackets

Koho Topographic Scrap Wood Sculpture (virtual design)

Upcycle Design Report – 1950’s Signage

Minimalist Poster Frame

Upcycle Design Report – Organic Modern Furniture Piece

Naturalist Hangboard

Book End Table

Punk Box

Miyadaiku Puzzle-like Sculpture

Rustic Wall Art | Upcycle Project Overview

Pioneer Primitive Newton’s Cradle Design Report

Bolts – A Scrap Metal Art Piece

Industrial Disco Man

Paper Mache Head (Inspired by Duane Flatmo)

Wind City

Steampunk toaster

Artificial Wire Bonsai

Aquatic Light

Afrofuturism Mask

Beach Aesthetic Lamp

Countertop Wine Rack

Upcycle Design Report – ‘HOME.’

Upcycle – Outdoor Illusion

Upcycled Bulletin Board

Levitating Steampunk Globe: An Artistic Confluence of Past and Future

Upcycle Design Report: Egg carton vase

Cardboard Topographic Tissue Box Cover

Skateshop iPad Holder

The Shoe Project – Sophie Berry

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