More Recycled Acrylic...

I want to share some of the other projects I have worked on in the past year or so.
I was talking about applications for recycled acrylic, and situations where it works and does not work.
The first picture is a detail shot of a window sill that I made out of acrylic, it is very interesting how the frosted acrylic pulls light onto the wall below it. Not like a prism, but in a softer way.

The second picture is a privacy screen that obscures a winter view of a fairly busy street. The frosted texture does a great job of providing visual interest from both sides of the screen. During the day the shadow play creates motion visible from the street, and at night the passing cars create motion visible from the house. The other interesting thing is that the screen seems brighter on gloomy cloudy days, like it is glowing!!!!
There are other experiments that I have done with the acrylic that I will share later, but as I said before I would not have been able to play with the material had it not been rescued from the dumpster.

Recycling Acrylic Sheet

Nice day here in the mid-west.... plenty of sunshine.... a good day to work outside!
I worked on finishing the cart table, reworked the bottom shelf, recycled plywood and old tight grained fir. The acrylic sheet was not looking right. The acrylic sheet looks great in some applications but not so good in others.
Rust and Acrylic are a good combination, like these house numbers I did a few years ago. Too cold on the cart.
I rescued several 4 x 8 sheets of 1/2 inch Acrylic from a dumpster a few years ago, I have found many uses for it. I have also found a post industrial source so I can get miscuts and random sized pieces of different thicknesses. I would have never been able to justify the expense of working with a material like this had I not found it. The way light moves through it is amazing and surprising.
I have recently made some picture frames for art photos out of acrylic, very heavy and industrial will have photos up soon.
I am hoping to find some 3form material or scrap to work with in the near future, very cool stuff.

Recycled plywood and bamboo table!!!!!

The sun is streaming in the window across a new table that is close to completion. I like the fact that the table top is made of bamboo, recycled douglas fir plywood, and salvaged heart pine flooring. For the table base I have cleaned, polished and reworked a metal shipping crate. I added casters because the table is pretty heavy. It reminds me of a media cart that might have been used in elementary school.
I used a low VOC oil and wax finish that smells good when it is warmed by the sun, it also brings out the natural beauty of the old woods and the new bamboo.
Today I am working out the details of longer sofa table using some old pine that appears to have come from some kind of a furniture piece but I am not really sure what it was. I have done some exploration cuts with the table saw and the grain under weathered and grubby exterior looks fantastic. I am excited to see what will come out of the process.