From the Junkyard to new pastures

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my name is mahdi

and i run junkyard studio and in my

studio

i take broken items and old stuff

and and stuff that people throw out and

turn it into

stuff that’s usable again lamps interior

design

furniture pieces of art and office and

restaurant

design right now i’m working on apache

which is a new co-working space in

sunnis

for innovation dark where i’m making a

lot of stuff

from different old items including quite

a bit of

old bicycle parts rims and tires and

pedals and entire bicycles as well

these will be put into a co-working

space

and used as a little meeting room

like a tiny little phone room or two

meeting

situation so there will be a table here

and

people can pop in and have a private

second

my my favorite material to work with is

metal

like water heaters jerry cans

fire extinguishers which i’ve made lamps

from in the past and also clocks

i also use seat belts which i make

carpets from pillows and also couches

washing machines for instance they have

a beautiful drum inside which can be

used for a lot of different things

it can be be made into a lamp for

instance

which casts most epic shades around in

the room

or it can be like a bonfire for your

outdoors

it can also be turned into a little

table if it’s one of those that you open

from the top

where i mostly get my material is from

first figuring out what it is i’m going

to be making

then contacting private businesses

mostly

directly businesses that i know would

have this specific item

so a lot of the stuff i make you would

need an entire

studio with a lot of tools to create

but there’s a lot of stuff you can can

make in your own

kitchen or garage the internet is just

flush with videos and articles

showing you how you can you can reuse

your stuff and also

having a conscious relationship and

awareness

to the stuff we buy so the reason i do

what i do

is because i think there are so many

so much stuff that that just goes to

waste

than absolutely have a chance of

getting its life extended reduce reuse

recycle

that’s a good thing to keep in mind so

do you actually need to buy this if you

have bought it

can you reuse it if you’re if you’re

tired of it

do you want to paint it do you want to

turn it into something else

do you want to give it to your neighbor

and just to be more aware of this whole

buying tossing thing that has become

very very normal here

i think upcycling and learning how to

upcycle should be a part of the

educational system

so we can really learn to take care of

this planet from

from early age we need to reduce our

consumption

and when we do consume it’s important to

educate ourselves and figure out what

we’re actually supporting when we’re

buying a specific item

and also can it be upcycled can it be

recycled

is it only made of stuff that cannot

even be reused

then maybe it shouldn’t even be on the

market at this point because we need to

get the level of junk dramatically down

on this planet

that’s for sure