Day 27: Pencil shelf
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September 30, 2010, 10:29 pm
Filed under: Drawings
Filed under: Drawings
Today I made a shelf from coloured pencils by glueing them together. I was suprised at how strong it was using two layers of pencils.
The shelf brackets are made by cutting a single pencil case into two parts and glueing together. The sliding doors hide the screws.
This is part of a 30 day Speed Creating project I am doing. Outcomes were exhibited at the Anti – Design Festival between 18th-21st September, Mestakes and manifestos, curated by Daniel Charny, Londonewcastle gallery, 28 Redchurch St, London.
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love it! so colourful
Comment by maja slimchick September 30, 2010 @ 10:39 pmI like this very much :O Is it sturdy enough for books?
Comment by Rebecca September 30, 2010 @ 10:43 pmLooks like something you would not want to bump into in the middle of the night! Pointy!
Comment by Caitlin October 1, 2010 @ 12:19 amLike the color effect of all pencils together. Just wondering how strong is the shelf since you only glued the pencils? Can you put books, etc
Comment by artransmitte October 1, 2010 @ 10:30 amThis is great! A lovely idea. I’d like to have a go at making something similar – how many gallons of superglue do you need…..
Comment by Katie Wall October 1, 2010 @ 10:33 amThis is fantastic – I love it
The brackets are just genius!
Comment by Carmen October 1, 2010 @ 10:49 amawesomeness, what glue do you use?
Comment by Linda October 1, 2010 @ 11:10 amI am so making this! Absolute genius!
Comment by Stephen October 1, 2010 @ 11:31 amI’d love to have one…but I’d probably want to use the pencils!
Comment by signeart October 1, 2010 @ 3:49 pmUpdate: bought the pencil case boxes in 99p store, two for £1.98! Now hunting down cheapest coloured pencils and epoxy glue…
Comment by Stephen October 2, 2010 @ 3:57 pmGood point about the points. Looks lovely, but you wouldn’t want to run your hand along it as you browsed.
Comment by blackwatertown October 3, 2010 @ 10:15 pmamazing, this rocks
Comment by fred October 4, 2010 @ 7:00 pmwhy did you stop at day 27? wasn’t this a 30 day project?
Comment by Rebeca October 16, 2010 @ 10:50 pmYou can see all the days by clicking the Speed Creating link on the left or just going to the home page and scrolling down.
Comment by Dominic (admin) October 16, 2010 @ 11:18 pmGreat work! I really like stuff made out of coloured pencils.I have seen lamps and bowls made from them and a few months ago I made a pencilholder out of pencils: http://soenderby.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/blyant-holder-af-blyanter/
Comment by Svend Sønderby October 25, 2010 @ 7:26 pmThis is really a creative and colorful shelf, however, I kinda scare with the sharp side pointing out like that.
Comment by Green Design October 26, 2010 @ 8:10 amI’d love to see a “How-To” on that! (I’m not sure how you glued them together so perfectly)
Just as great as the “old-skateboard-wardrobe”, easy to recreate but still unique.
Comment by Marius October 27, 2010 @ 9:54 amGreat idea, it looks splendid!
What kind of glue did you use?
Comment by A. October 27, 2010 @ 11:00 amHi there – I saw your work on Craft and just had to feature it on Cuteable too!
Lynsey x
Comment by Lynsey November 3, 2010 @ 9:44 amthanks
Comment by Dominic (admin) November 3, 2010 @ 10:19 amOh wow. I am making one of these.
Comment by Emma Louise Layla December 13, 2010 @ 12:55 pmi’ve never come across such an incredible brain.
Comment by Liberty Wright March 17, 2011 @ 12:04 pmlame….give me an L an A an E and an E….what does it spell??LAME LAME LAEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by yoona April 21, 2012 @ 7:02 amLAEE?
Comment by Dominic (admin) April 21, 2012 @ 10:53 am