This is the path from the purgatory of a dumpster to a new life.
In the first stage, a truck brake air tank lies in the dumpster, waiting for me to find it. I picked it out of the dumpster. Now comes the cleaning process. After the cleaning, it got the legs, and the primary form emerge from the rotten object. Finally, the industrial coating comes with the signature painting (DROPSPOT ) of the exterior. The finishing touch is sustainable packaging.
Reclaimed PVC pipes from underground
All the sewer pipes I used spent decades underground; once they have served their purpose, instead of the expensive process of recycling (collecting, sorting, cleaning, melting, etc.), a new object is made from the material immediately after it has been thrown away, thus achieving the most efficient recycling.
I never thought of plastics, including PVC, as a noble material, and neither did I believe that any of the objects I designed would be made of plastic. The PVC sewage pipes thrown away on building sites or rubbish dumps never caught my interest or imagination. Unlike metal pipes, a heavy material with character, PVC seemed insignificant. Even though recycling or reuse is the most critical because of the amount of our plastic waste.
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The recycling of garbage truck parts is the story of the Exhaust light
This slideshow shows how an object can be reborn after a demeaning life.
How it can rise above, leave the toxic relationship and dirt behind and shine the light around. After cleaning and manufacturing the basic forms and parts (truck exhaust, brake disc, wheel hub) I assembled them. The floor light rotates around its vertical axis. The housing of the dimmer switch required precise work.
Finally, it got a paint finish with my dropspot technique
