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Some pics from my time in (R)Adelaide with some excellent people doing some fun things.

Built plenty of treads and stage pieces, climbed more things than usual, had plenty of wine with new and old friends, dressed up as a suitcase at the staff party, held a rope tying workshop, might start a boy band, made a wee dolly for a big ladder and rode a yellow bike lots.

Thanks for the good times 🌞

Some pics from my time in (R)Adelaide with some excellent people doing some fun things.

Built plenty of treads and stage pieces, climbed more things than usual, had plenty of wine with new and old friends, dressed up as a suitcase at the staff party, held a rope tying workshop, might start a boy band, made a wee dolly for a big ladder and rode a yellow bike lots.

Thanks for the good times 🌞

By far the cutest object I've had the chance to fix.

Some fun kintsugi with (artificial) gold pigment powder and two part epoxy 🤘

Thanks for the trust @maddimademedoit 🥳

By far the cutest object I've had the chance to fix.

Some fun kintsugi with (artificial) gold pigment powder and two part epoxy 🤘

Thanks for the trust @maddimademedoit 🥳

Really well put-together segments laying out some sneaky (and some full-on blatant) sales tactics that we engage with every day.

Kohler does a great job in contextualising modern sales practices as somewhat of a convenience-fee while providing anecdotes and scenarios that show how each practice is aimed at costing the consumer money.

From 'fair enough' to 'this system is broken and outrageous and everyone hates it but fuck, here's my money, I guess'

It's a good read to feel engaged with some ideas about where your money goes and how it was designed to get you.

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"Really? C'mon, guys. The regulator just dropped a 441-page report on your lap, saying that isn't true. It's like a couple of sumo wrestlers claiming the kiddie pool they're swimming in is too warm, while peeing in it. And they're making full eye contact while telling you."

Some sale strategies are profit grabbing bastards 💅

Really well put-together segments laying out some sneaky (and some full-on blatant) sales tactics that we engage with every day.

Kohler does a great job in contextualising modern sales practices as somewhat of a convenience-fee while providing anecdotes and scenarios that show how each practice is aimed at costing the consumer money.

From 'fair enough' to 'this system is broken and outrageous and everyone hates it but fuck, here's my money, I guess'

It's a good read to feel engaged with some ideas about where your money goes and how it was designed to get you.

-

"Really? C'mon, guys. The regulator just dropped a 441-page report on your lap, saying that isn't true. It's like a couple of sumo wrestlers claiming the kiddie pool they're swimming in is too warm, while peeing in it. And they're making full eye contact while telling you."

Some sale strategies are profit grabbing bastards 💅

Had the great opportunity to clean and fix this Chesterfield couch.

I found it by chance as street bounty and decided to take it home and shampoo and condition the leather, and re-fix the castors, and re-upholster the underside and the cushions.

Unfortunately I couldn't find a suitable fabric that was more fun and funky to give some contrasting character (like orange corduroy or a zebra pattern!) but I did get a chance to use this heavy cotton fabric I picked up from @reversegarbage a while ago - so I'm glad I could fix it without buying new material.

I checked with the manufacturer and this couch was built in 1992. It's as old as me and I think, with some care, it can stay with me for a long long time 💃

Had the great opportunity to clean and fix this Chesterfield couch.

I found it by chance as street bounty and decided to take it home and shampoo and condition the leather, and re-fix the castors, and re-upholster the underside and the cushions.

Unfortunately I couldn't find a suitable fabric that was more fun and funky to give some contrasting character (like orange corduroy or a zebra pattern!) but I did get a chance to use this heavy cotton fabric I picked up from @reversegarbage a while ago - so I'm glad I could fix it without buying new material.

I checked with the manufacturer and this couch was built in 1992. It's as old as me and I think, with some care, it can stay with me for a long long time 💃

Made this vinyl box for my mum's records 👌

Fits neatly in this existing console cabinet and made entirely from material destined for the tip 🙌

Made this vinyl box for my mum's records 👌

Fits neatly in this existing console cabinet and made entirely from material destined for the tip 🙌

Cleaned up this Singer treadle sewing machine (now writing desk) 🪡

I ended up removing the machine - that'll be a separate project - and after heaps of veneer fixing and replacing, I filled in the old machine hole with a section of the foldout table, this makes up the new table top surface, which is flat and made entirely of timber from the original table top.

It would've been (sew much!) easier to just replace the top completely but where's the fun in that? AND we would've lost all this yummy character and patina and figuration from the 1950s.

Also replaced some pieces with brass which are mostly replacement parts that had to be made from new material

What a fun and fiddly project! 🥳

Cleaned up this Singer treadle sewing machine (now writing desk) 🪡

I ended up removing the machine - that'll be a separate project - and after heaps of veneer fixing and replacing, I filled in the old machine hole with a section of the foldout table, this makes up the new table top surface, which is flat and made entirely of timber from the original table top.

It would've been (sew much!) easier to just replace the top completely but where's the fun in that? AND we would've lost all this yummy character and patina and figuration from the 1950s.

Also replaced some pieces with brass which are mostly replacement parts that had to be made from new material

What a fun and fiddly project! 🥳

Refurbished this cast iron garden bench 🌻

Swipe to the end for the rusty and broken bench I initially picked up and some process shots along the way

Gave it a sand and a fresh paint and replaced all the slats with oiled merbau. Added a steel bar down the back of the slats for some stability.

Added a drink in my hand to increase the comfort - stay hydrated out there 🍹

Refurbished this cast iron garden bench 🌻

Swipe to the end for the rusty and broken bench I initially picked up and some process shots along the way

Gave it a sand and a fresh paint and replaced all the slats with oiled merbau. Added a steel bar down the back of the slats for some stability.

Added a drink in my hand to increase the comfort - stay hydrated out there 🍹

Such an incredible experience walking the Overland Track in Tasmania. 6 days of good and not so good walking (here are some pics in reverse order! Starting at the end and going back to the start)

Not pictured is all the mud and sideways snow and hours just looking at my wet boots moving one step at a time, and sleeping in huts and making strangers into friends, and sleet scratching my eyeballs, and (almost) a kilo of jellybeans eaten.

Go and play outside when you can 🤘

Such an incredible experience walking the Overland Track in Tasmania. 6 days of good and not so good walking (here are some pics in reverse order! Starting at the end and going back to the start)

Not pictured is all the mud and sideways snow and hours just looking at my wet boots moving one step at a time, and sleeping in huts and making strangers into friends, and sleet scratching my eyeballs, and (almost) a kilo of jellybeans eaten.

Go and play outside when you can 🤘

Why spend $40 on a water bottle sleeve when you can spend 2 hours making one out of recycled / reclaimed material and play with a sewing machine? 💁‍♀️

(I also made a lil snack pouch for an upcoming hike 🥨)

Why spend $40 on a water bottle sleeve when you can spend 2 hours making one out of recycled / reclaimed material and play with a sewing machine? 💁‍♀️

(I also made a lil snack pouch for an upcoming hike 🥨)

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