scalarparty ([info]scalarparty) wrote,
@ 2004-12-29 15:02:00
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do want to look like a broken record....
pretty dern hip bowls available everywhere
(+Xtracool recycling content)
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that last entry was a little harsh-- so i thought i would lighten it up a bit with these loveley record-bowls. While DJ culture has certainly ressurected the 12" from its unjust demise (sorry but things just sound better on an oracle turntable), millions of records would have faced their sad march to the landfill, until Vinylux in New York began making these atractive bowls and many other cool products out of old records. I mean what else are you going to do with 1000 copies of Led Zepplin's IV but turn them into cool bracelets and beer coasters, or Billy Holliday Records into bowls ....Brilliant! They are available in person (if you happen to be in NYC) at mxyplyzyk (a sorta eco, way gizmo shop in the village) 125 greenwich ave or online everywhere from many peeps, including Vivavi and greenfeet



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[info]ewtikins
2005-01-01 11:08 am UTC (link)
Somewhere online I've seen instructions on how to do this yourself - just take your vinyl LP and put it on top of an overturned bowl of the shape you desire, put it in the oven (I forget the temperature) until it melts, turn off the oven and wait for it to cool. Great way to recycle records that are too scratched to play.

I wonder how they make the bracelets and beer coasters - some cutting tools would be required, or possibly working with the vinyl when it is soft.

Your link to Vivavi is broken, you put an 'e' on the end of the domain name by mistake and that domain is one of those spammy search engine sites.

Thanks again for the links!

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[info]scalarparty
2005-01-04 02:45 pm UTC (link)
thanks! fixed the link.... i'll upload a pic of the bracelets, its retty clear theres heating and cutting goiing on.... as well the coasters are simlpy the center of the records (waked? corked?? we will have to look into this-- though cork is not a bad way to go). And while i dont want to steal any thunder from Vynilux i am curious about the link...... do you have it around? post it ? thankes E!

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