Andy Shrinkage takes old skateboard decks, removes the trucks, and turns them into beautiful and unique lamps. With light bulbs in place of wheels, each lamp looks like a skateboard jumping over you in the night. You can...

(Photo: Michael Appleton/New York Times)In the decades following the American Civil War, the South found demand for a new cash crop: virgin longleaf pine. In the era before steel girders became useful for construction, v...

(Photo: Philipp Stössel)Researchers at ETH University in Switzerland developed a useful, weavable fiber from the waste products of slaughterhouses. Philipp Stössel, a doctoral candidate and the lead reseacher,...

Etsy seller Patrick Hoesterey came up with a great, original idea for a household lamp. He built it into an old popcorn popper. He replaced the internal components with a lamp receptacle that powers a 25 watt bulb. Hoest...

Getting crafty often entails making do with whatever materials you have on hand, and when you’re able to recycle old stuff into shiny, and useful, new stuff your skills as a crafter become a point of pride.Besides...

Once it was a rasp that shaved horse hooves on Chelsea Miller’s family farm in Vermont. Now it’s a knife for an elite kitchen.Chelsea Miller makes knives. Her materials are the old tools and reclaimed wood fr...

Although the rest of us may throw away old keys, the Australian artist Moerkey puts them and old coins to beautiful use. He welds them together into sculptures that take on new forms while retaining their original visual...

(Photo: unknown)The above fish tank is not unique. It is apparently a common craft. Recyclart rounded up photos of several old pianos turned into aquariums. Some of them, such as the one in the video below, remain playab...

Michael Weiss is a woodworker who builds useful and decorative furnishings out of wood reclaimed from the winemaking materials of California Wine Country. That’s why he calls himself the Wine Country Craftsman. Thi...

Veronika Richterová, an artist from the Czech Republic, makes sculptures by heating and reshaping plastic bottles. She commonly features plants and animals, depicting them in a highly realistic manner. Richterov&a...