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Today, I'm taking a trip to the thrift store to hunt for ignored products and change them into a special piece of sculptural art. Working with found items influences imagination by forcing me to believe within restraints and find brand-new possibilities. In this job, I reimagine textured glass plates as vibrant wall art, try out acrylic putting paint and bold color mixes to bring them to life. Along the way, I explore strategies, share lessons learned, and welcome unanticipated ideas that occur throughout the creative procedure. This project is a testament to the thrill of making something new from the discarded and forgotten.
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Hardwood from Kencraft:
★ TOOLS & MATERIAL USED/ AFFILIATE LINKS ★
Capturing the Big Wheel by David Lynch:
Acrylic Pouring Paint:
Heat Gun:
Krylon UV Clear Coat:
Big Bandsaw:
Router Table Top:
Miter Saw:
Planer:
End up:
Yellow Push Block:
Table Saw:
Hand Drill:
Shark Router:
★ VIDEO DISCUSSED ★
Goodwill Table Upcycle:
Wine Rack:
★ ALL THE LINKS ★
Books, Plans & Merch:
Making It Podcast:
My Music:
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Glass act, David! Proof that when you leave negativity behind, creativity shines through like vibrant glass.
I’m really enjoying the direction you’re going with your channel. I have struggled with creativity my whole life(almost 42 years). Watching these projects is helping me see common items in a new light.
The project is great as usual but today’s music is FABULOUS, The piano score!
The sound-bite synth track is fire.🔥 ( around 14:05 ) It definitely takes an ARTIST to take some awful salad plates from the 90’s and make something beautiful from them. This video is a wealth of cool ideas and inspiration. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Man this turned out killer. Love seeing you repurpose items, so satisfying.
While my taste varies from yours, I am so impressed with your creativity. You make things seem accessible and you give me inspiration to try new things. I’m almost 70 and each day realize how little I know and how much more there is to learn. Thank you.
I think a cool idea would be to use the smaller ones (more squares in a similar footprint) and make a Tetris scene. Some LEDs might go well with that and if you’re against a plug you can get a battery pack.
@@RogerSmth At different times while watching I thought the same: first Tetris squares then later on something adjacent to the opacity of the colors, photos, lighting, etc.
That turned out so cool! Your creativity and skills never cease to amaze me.
The painted plates remind me of big buttons like the ones you would find on the electronic Simon Says game. If I saw that piece, I would want to push on the plates to see if they were actually buttons. Nice work dude!
@@danthemakerman came here to say just this…. It would look great with random led’s
Dang. The David Lynch-isms today hit hard. Gonna miss that man
came out really nice i like it!!!! and your shop looks so nice with every upgrade!!
Creativity is risky. The thing I like most about the evolution of your videos is that you are creatively free. It’s not forced and it’s cool to hear you explain that on the podcast. I would love to see what you would do with that energy if you gave yourself more time. Not sure it works on the YT schedule or anything but I will say that almost every compelling story has a change of scale or stakes at some point, and some are looking at your story zoomed out.
You have partly inspired my return to the youtubes, thanks again
Hey from Savannah, GA! I really enjoy your videos and find them inspiring. Not only for the art of woodworking but for your “real” commentary about the process. Thanks!
Your creativity has no bounds David! Very interesting idea and piece of art! 👍👍🔨🔨
It might have been fun to put some black and white photocopies of abstract photographs behind the glass, and then using thinner transparent paint over them to color tint them. Fun stuff.
I love this. Big blocks of colors are fun. Love the birght colors
I love how excited you get about your creativity and I find it inspirational. Love your work!
I used to love grabbing stuff from Goodwill. Maybe I’ll get back into it someday.
Loved this project!
Your positive attitude and willingness to experiment is what makes this channel great.
Keep up these trash to treasure videos! I love them!