The LIVING Show opens Nov 14th-Meet the Artists !

Posted on November 13, 2013 by reclaimedroom Video Reply

The LIVING Show opens tomorrow night!!

Style & Sustainability with Samuel Fleming Lewis & Tony Hurd

701 Amador Street, SF 94124

Opening Reception: Nov 14th, 5-8pm, FREE

On display: Nov 14th – Jan 14th

Get to know our artists better by checking out their profile videos and meet them in person Thursday night at our opening reception. This show transforms our space into our most ambitious display to date.

Samuel Fleming Lewis

Samuel Fleming Lewis is part of the design team at InStudio located on the port of San Francisco. He will be exhibiting some of his more personal works as part of the Reclaimed Room’s next installation, The LIVING Show-Style & Sustainability. Lewis reconfigures remnants of his past into artwork for the future. He demonstrates incredible style and engages deeply with sustainable art practices, recycling broken mirrors, repurposing old media like Ebony and Interview magazines, and finding new life for leftover work products like furniture and architecture hand drawings and photographs remade into lanterns, mirrors and other unique designs. Delve further into his process and personality by viewing our latest artist profile video.

Tony Hurd

Tony Hurd is a master builder. His extraordinary talents explore reuse in dynamic and intuitive ways. This exhibit brings forth his innovative living pod solutions, fanciful beehives and metal art that reflects serenity and family in vivacious ways. Prepare for some surprises, too. Hurd is a tornado of a artist and often whipping things together in his mind, body and soul. He also invites you to physically engage with his work, sit, sand, relax and unwind within the pieces to truly appreciate this artist’s works. See Hurd in action and some of the pieces that could not possibly fit in our venue in his artist profile video.

SOLD!! Table Saw by Roland Blandy

Posted on October 30, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

Congrats Roland on the recent sale of your table saw. There are two more beautiful tables like this still available!

Come check us out!

701 Amador Street, SF, 94124

9:30-4:30 everyday

The LIVING Show opens November 14th

Posted on October 23, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

Mark your calendars for our new show opening November 14th! Please join us to celebrate The LIVING Show, style and sustainability with artists Samuel Fleming Lewis and Tony Hurd. Retro, recycled paper designs, full moon mirrors, living pods, yoga art and other fascinating original work that pushes the creative potential of reuse to a whole other level making the places we live, love, work and play renewed and re-imagined with the stuff of our past.

Join us from 5-8pm on Thursday November 14th! Meet the artists and take in our latest transformation! This event is FREE. Wine, beer, snacks are also provided. Receptions at the Reclaimed Room are a fantastic opportunity to meet the team at Building REsources, the community growing around this unique exhibition space as well as get an intimate view of the reused materials yard during non-business hours at Building REsources.

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SOLD!!!

Demolition Series $3000 for entire set-Bannister Lamp $800

And, a huge congratulations to Reddy Lieb, FUSIONS artist currently on display, who just sold her entire demolition series! Stop by during regular business hours and check it out before it is gone. FUSIONS features works by Roland Blandy and Reddy Lieb and will be on display until Nov 4th.

Opening Night Photos – FUSIONS on display until Nov 4th

Posted on September 23, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

sunflowers

Demolition Series $3000/Lieb for entire set-Bannister Lamp $800/RB

Demolition Series $3000/Lieb for entire set-Bannister Lamp $800/Blandy

Party Animals

Contemplating Tables- Looking Glass Table $600/Blandy

Reddy and former student enjoy the night

Craftsman Tables $450-$700/Blandy-Cross

Cruising the party

Stopped short at Eye of Yerba Buena $1100/Blandy

Tempered Bowls $150/each Reddy Lieb

Testing out the goods-Church Pew Barstool $200/Blandy

Roland thanks CraftsmanTables co-creator James Cross with flask

Roland with Guests Opening Night

Nahual Moon $900/Blandy and Reddy Demolition Series final touches

Broken Glass with Earth Circles Installation

FUSIONS opens TONIGHT!

Posted on September 12, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

Many Building Resources regulars have been peeking into the new Reclaimed Room space to see what all the fuss is about. Broken glass, huge carts, strange and interesting sculptures and more are transforming the room into FUSIONS. FUSIONS features work by Reddy Lieb and Roland Blandy complemented by resident light artist Gregory Benke’s aerial spotlights. Show opens at 5pm tonight and the reception lasts until 8. We truly hope to see you there. The event is free and there will be snacks and drinks provided. The artists have worked hard to create and prepare this work for you and will be there in person this evening! 701 Amador Street, SF CA 94124.

FUSIONS-Artist Profiles

Posted on August 22, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard 2

Reclaimed Room for Environmental Arts opens a new show on September 12. Stop by from 5-8pm for refreshments and a celebration with Fusions artists Roland Blandy and Reddy Lieb in person. I spent time with each of them in their studios and workspaces to learn more about how they create their pieces and what inspires them. These profiles give you to opportunity to learn more about the deep relationship between the artist and his or her medium and the process that ensues to create this work. Both artists begin with the deconstruction process (sometimes just plain destruction) and revive their materials with new life. From glass works to funky creatures, repurposed furniture and animated driftwood, this show promises to engage the senses and mind.

VIDEO: ROLAND BLANDY

VIDEO: REDDY LIEB

EXHIBIT: FUSIONS

Posted on July 31, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

EXHIBIT: FUSIONS.

In The Yard (usually) at Building REsources

Posted on July 24, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

Building REsources has a unique blend of practical, strange and innovative offerings. In the coming months, we will be working to help better demarcate the regular sections in the yard, highlight unique finds and educate the greater public about the amazing potential that resides in the concept of reuse. Most of the regulars know what kind of gems one can stumble upon here but even the regulars have grandiose tales to tell of reclaimed materials they found no where else but BR. Join this mini-revolution on the industrial shores of San Francisco’s bay, we are open every day from 9:00-4:30pm. As a nonprofit organization, Building REsources partly operates through a generous grant from the San Francisco Department of the Environment. Here is a breakdown of what we offer the community.

RECLAIMED MATERIALS

reclaimed wood

glass

marble and tile

lighting

hardware

mechanicals

bike parts

sinks, baths, and toilets

fireplace facades

doors, doors, doors

INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS

tumbled glass: various colors

Tumbled glass is made with reclaimed wine bottles that are put through a special process that mimics the ocean’s effect on glass over time.

EDUCATION

Reclaimed Room

Part of the BR warehouse has been re-imagined as an exhibition space for environmental arts, crafts and media. This initiative programs shows every two months and creates opportunities for learning, teaching, engaging and collaborating in the physical space and online.

Artists are encouraged to submit a proposal to ReclaimedRoom@gmail.com. Our next reception is slated for September 12, 2013 and features work by local artists Reddy Lieb and Roland Blandy as well as the awesome “Chaos Theory” centerpiece by resident light artist, Gregory Randolph Benke. Save the Date!

Tumbled Glass

Lighting

Hardware

Old wooden pulley

Bike section

Glass

Mechanical

Marble and Tile

Legs

Sinks and Bath

Wood

Koi Pond

Wires and Cables

Saws

Traffic Light Lenses

Doors, doors, doors

Opening Reception was a Success!

Posted on June 28, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard 2

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A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our opening reception on June 27th. It was a magical evening. Please enjoy the photos and video in this post to commemorate the event. Congratulations to all the participating recycled artists: Gregory Randolph Benke, Martha Jones and Aleksandra Zee who sold her largest piece just before the show-amazing!

The exhibition space is open during normal business hours at Building REsources and these artists will be on display for a few weeks yet to come. Stop by anytime! And, be sure to check out our SUBMIT page if you have environmental art work that could fit with our space, we would love to review your work.

Recycled Arts Show June 27

Posted on June 12, 2013 by reclaimedroom Standard Reply

Aleksandra Zee crafts recycled trims and moldings into dizzying wall panels on display June 27

Martha Jones’ Discarded Satellite Dishes Mosaiced into Birdbaths and Garden Columns made from Terra Cotta Water Pipes and Salvaged Tile on display June 27.

JOIN US!!!

On JUNE 27th from 5-8pm, the Reclaimed Room opens its doors to the public with a reception for recycled artists Aleksandra Zee and Martha Jones with a unique light installation by Gregory Randolph Benke. Celebrate the inaugural event of this exciting new project by Building REsources.

701 Amador Street, SF, CA 94124

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Aleksandra Zee creates three-dimensional objects from found and re-purposed materials, primarily reclaimed lumber. Ranging in scale from small interventions to whole room distortions, she strives to transform the viewer’s perception of the space. As a woodworker Zee creates anything from large scale wall hangings to furniture and tabletops. Zee is interested in the transcendance of the harsh, broken, or discarded materials into objects of soft whimsy. In much the same way, Zee wants the viewer to pause and lose themselves in the altered environment.

Originally from Southern California, Zee is inspired by her travels and living and working in San Francisco.

Wood Trim Panel with Lights

Martha Jones is a professionally trained interior & architectural designer, artist and owner of Green Mosaics. Jones combines her passion for design, salvaging and reuse into creating recycled art for home & garden. Intrigued by her mother’s Better Homes and Gardens magazines as a child, along with looking forward to local trash night, her unique art and approach blends her environmentally friendly attitude while also slowing down the amount of material put into landfills. Birdbaths are created from discarded satellite dishes,terracotta chimney inserts are mosaic-ed into garden columns, table tops are made from leftover vinyl flooring, and junk mail, wallpaper and old calendars are used for collage picture frames and wall art.

Green Mosaics in their habitat

The Reclaimed Room

An Exhibition Space for Recycled Arts, Crafts and Media. A project of Building REsources. 701 Amador Street SF CA 94124

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