Need a Vase? Got a Book?
Whenever I’m looking for something to put flowers in, I think to myself, “why can’t I just put these in a book already.” No longer do I have to wish. From Boing Boing:
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Designer Laura Cahill wanted to make art without wasting new material. She did a bunch of research, and found out that used books are the most common unwanted objects; they’re also notoriously hard to recycle because of the kind of glue bookbinders used to use. So she took her second-hand book collection and turned it into beautiful pieces of furniture.
Click here to visit the Dezeen website and view more photos.
(Thanks to Boing Boing for the link)
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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