Turning plastic waste into materials

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I receive the old marine boards or even

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old road barriers and then we clean

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them. We cut them into pieces. Then we

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shred it into the smaller pieces. We

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input into the extrusion machine. And

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then for me the magic happens at the

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moment where I melt this material.

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I work with what colors I have in place.

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Let's say maybe I have a red colored rod

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barrier and then maybe yellow colored a

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marine boy. And then I will see if I mix

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these two colors uh what new color will

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emerge. I take industrial and

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construction plastic waste and turn it

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into design objects and furniture

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pieces.

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I was inspired by different artists and

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brands who work with recycled materials

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and that's where for me it was very

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exciting. My alchemy series dining table

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was the result of over 60 experiments. I

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sort of even developed my own precise

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ratio recipe.

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>> Working with recycled material

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influences the designer's thinking

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process. I think it creates an

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interesting