Upclycling: Creating Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have by Danny Seo is a great new book the library has recently purchased. The premises of the book is "making do with with what you have and using basic skills to create extraordinary results....[in a] hybrid of MacGyver (the rsourceful TV spy)-meets-HGTV. Danny Seo has worked as an interior designer and magazine editor where he has done everything from transforming a celebrity's home to producing magazine stories on creating the perfect Thanksgiving table settings using stuff you might have around the house. For years Danny Seo has been recycling trash and everyday objects into better, brighter and cooler things and he finally coined a phrase for his hobby--upcycling! To Seo, upcycling is a higher form of recycling, because when you upcycle, the end result is better than the material's intended purpose and you end up with something cooler and your own creation. The book begins with a section on what upcycling is, followed by a section on the basic things you need to perform upcycling projects (like a glue gun and an exacto knife). The book has chapters on different types of upcycling projects such as "Ideas for Decorating," "Ideas for Entertaining," Upcycling Ideas for Giving," "Upcycling Ideas for Kids," and "Upcycling the Great Outdoors." Each project includes a great picture of the finished project, a detailed list of supplies and a simple how-to section on creating the project. The projects range from simple to complicated, so a wide range of ages would be interested in creating the projects contained in this book. This is a great book for any crafter who'd like to create something new from something they already have.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Upcycling Your Life
Upclycling: Creating Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have by Danny Seo is a great new book the library has recently purchased. The premises of the book is "making do with with what you have and using basic skills to create extraordinary results....[in a] hybrid of MacGyver (the rsourceful TV spy)-meets-HGTV. Danny Seo has worked as an interior designer and magazine editor where he has done everything from transforming a celebrity's home to producing magazine stories on creating the perfect Thanksgiving table settings using stuff you might have around the house. For years Danny Seo has been recycling trash and everyday objects into better, brighter and cooler things and he finally coined a phrase for his hobby--upcycling! To Seo, upcycling is a higher form of recycling, because when you upcycle, the end result is better than the material's intended purpose and you end up with something cooler and your own creation. The book begins with a section on what upcycling is, followed by a section on the basic things you need to perform upcycling projects (like a glue gun and an exacto knife). The book has chapters on different types of upcycling projects such as "Ideas for Decorating," "Ideas for Entertaining," Upcycling Ideas for Giving," "Upcycling Ideas for Kids," and "Upcycling the Great Outdoors." Each project includes a great picture of the finished project, a detailed list of supplies and a simple how-to section on creating the project. The projects range from simple to complicated, so a wide range of ages would be interested in creating the projects contained in this book. This is a great book for any crafter who'd like to create something new from something they already have.
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