Recycld

At our 2024 AGM Paul officially resigned giving his best wishes to the next Co-Chair.
Paul has been an advocate in many ways, most significantly when for ten years he supported the KK2 project promoting the social lives of people with learning disabilities in all areas of County Durham 🪩🪩⚡️⚡️

📸 More photos of recognition & celebration to follow of this great man, to which we are deeply grateful for all his contributions 📸

✏️ 📐 Planning & Prepping 📐✏️

♻️ Buy once, Buy well ♻️

🪡 A few new pieces on display today 🪡 Versatile display unit, upcycled chair, available now

🧵🪡 Creativity is a thread through all our sessions 🪡🧵

Lots of upcycling projects at the refining stage

Lots of pride and personal growth

Lots of connection and community 🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡🪡

Inspirational words 👏🏻👏🏻

Friday
Before Pictures 🤳🏻
This old fire screen renovation & up cycle is going to be to an outstanding events black board 👏🏻👏🏻

Thursdays projects- two donated chairs, add some creativity, a quirky fabric & we seem to be going in a forest thrones direction 🧚 🕸️🪲🦋

✍🏻 Recent work ✍🏻
All incorporating an upcycling or repurposing element such as the bracket or the base etc. Proud to have supported the launch of the Pie Club at Woodshed Workshop by creating them a sign 🧡🥧👏🏻👏🏻🥧🧡

Friday is usually all about the upcycling…..
Instead today we used the window of decent weather as an opportunity to roll up our sleeves in the courtyard. Hard graft but with great team effort & spirit we made some good progress 😎😎

Staff visit tonight ahead of group visit tomorrow. We are so inspired & can’t wait until our group members see this amazing exhibit ❤️‍🔥

📆We are now on a short summer break📆

Recharging our batteries before starting the Autumn programme 🍂 🍁🍂🍁

🪴Art & Upcycling Groups experimenting
with art & plants this week 🪴

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New projects day

🙌🏻🙌🏻We continuously see the health & wellbeing benefits of creativity, increased confidence & skills. Positive challenges & moving out of comfort zones🙌🏻🙌🏻

🔨💡Our upcycling groups exploring different techniques & themes across recent sessions 🔨 💡

Colour pops for Spring

Donated bureau starting on its upcycling journey
We have a plan.… 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Progress pics soon

💐Amazing donation of drawers reworked into storage boxes by our upcycling & art group members 💐

SOLD !
Dresser top up-cycled into a quirky coat stand
Off to its new home 🏠

🔨Damaged donated items given a new lease of life 🔨
Chairs had torn cane seats, table was water damaged 😣
Add some teamwork, creativity & effort = a quirky set suitable for indoor use
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🎄🎄Colourful & creative right up to the last minute of our 2022 timetable 🎄🎄We’ve got so many ideas for 2023 !! Watch this space………. 💜❤️🧡💛💚💙

🎄We are here till 3pm today 🎄
Then it’s see you in 2023 !!

🎄🎅🏻🎅🏻Open 11-3 Today & tomorrow🎅🏻🎅🏻🎄
Pop in to see art on canvas, one-off pieces &
up cycled furniture pieces

🪴🪴 🫘 🫘 It’s all about the coffee bean bags as a material this week, giving a great look & texture. Then giving old plant pots & glass items a new look 🫘🫘🪴🪴