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Beneath The Surface Opens Thursday Night!! Featured Artist: Tim Armstrong

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The time has come to reveal our most ambitious show to date.  Join us tomorrow night for a great deal of interesting work and some live action courtesy of one of our featured artists, Tim Armstrong.  Armstrong will paint our floor live, during the opening reception, giving you a terrific show and something to talk about as you take in the work of all our artists on display tomorrow night!

Check out Tim’s bio and profile video to get a sense of his dynamic and drama.  And, see you tomorrow night.  Snacks, drinks and a unique gathering experience await you at the Reclaimed Room!  6-8pm, 701 Amador Street!

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Beneath The Surface opens March 27th

Beneath The Surface opens March 27th

Round and Round We GO! SFBC Sewer Tour part of Beneath the Surface Exhibit

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SF Art Commission Mural Backdrop
Beneath The Surface opens March 27th
Artist Tim Armstrong tests ski bike sculpture
Artist Tom Kabat demos recumbent bike sculpture
Woodenbikes.com Triangle Bike
Artist Miles Epstein cruises Scooter Bike sculpture
Artist Miles Epstein on Scooter Bike Bike Sculpture
Artist Tom Kabat with Ski Bike Sculputre
SFBC sponsors Sewer Ride March 29th

 

Check Out Beneath The Surface artists testing the work of featured artist Tom Kabat at a recent planning meeting!  Kabat fashions interesting and intuitive bicycle sculptures from reclaimed odds  and ends including skis, scooters and even a pencil bike that actually writes!!  You can see more of his work at http://www.woodenbikes.comTrianglebike_web

 skibikeride recumbentbike ScooterBike Front ScooterBikeSide skibike

In the background, you can see the newly erected Bayshore mural on the unused grain elevators.  This project was commissioned  by the San Francisco Art Commission and lights up at night.  A great landmark to find our gallery for these upcoming receptions!!

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As part of this new display, we are sponsoring a special reception for the resurrected Sewer Ride by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition!  The Sewer ride takes place Saturday, March 29th, starting at the Daly City BART and winds 12 miles near San Bruno mountain, Candlestick and the SF Bay exploring the squishy boundary between humans and H20.  It comes to a close at Reclaimed Room with a small party for the riders and anyone else who wants to join.  The riders should arrive between 3 and 4pm and the party officially goes from 4-6pm.  Beers and snacks provided!  Join US!!  Sign up for the ride here:

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-bicycle-coalition-rec-ride-the-sewer-ride-tickets-9912442382?ref=ebtn

SF Art Commission Mural Backdrop
Artist Tim Armstrong tests ski bike sculpture
Artist Tom Kabat demos recumbent bike sculpture
Woodenbikes.com Triangle Bike
Artist Miles Epstein cruises Scooter Bike sculpture
Artist Miles Epstein on Scooter Bike Bike Sculpture
Artist Tom Kabat with Ski Bike Sculputre
SFBC sponsors Sewer Ride March 29th
Beneath The Surface opens March 27th

 

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Artist Profile videos for Alternative Cosmos!

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Opening Reception Feb 6th, 6-8pm!!

Lady Saphire reinvents the world through works made from melted plastics, resins and trash remnants that are unusually striking and oddly familiar.

Get to know her before the show by checking out her artist profile video above!

Solis invites us into the graphic universe of Wildwood, where characters made from reclaimed materials spring to life and provoke questions of togetherness, tolerance and utopian ideals.

Get to know him before the show by checking out his artist profile video above!

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Alternative Cosmos at the Reclaimed Room features work by artists Solis and Lady Saphire.  Both artists, in their own ways, create new spaces of engagement through their individual art works and compliment one another quite gracefully.

This show delves into the other worlds that exist right before our eyes and these artists bring those alternative cosmos-es to life in our next show.

Save the date!  As always, snacks and drinks are provided and the admission is FREE!

Opening Reception: Feb 6, 2014

701 Amador Street, SF 94124

6-8pm

On display Feb 6th -Mar 17th, 2014

Alternative Cosmos

Happy New Year from Reclaimed Room and Building REsources!

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Thank you so very much for all your support during our inaugural year!  It has been a terrific launch for this new program at Building REsources.  Much gratitude to all our participating artists this year as well.  Over the last six months we have seen our space transform three times and been fortunate to house work from the following artists:

Martha Jones

Alekandra Zee

Roland Blandy

Reddy Lieb

Tony Hurd

Samuel Fleming Lewis

On display until January 14th is The Living Show with Tony Hurd and Samuel Fleming Lewis,  check it out before it’s over during regular business hours at Building REsources.  (9-4, seven days a week)

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Next year proves to be even more exciting!  Stay tuned for information on our upcoming shows and save these dates!

Alternative Cosmos: Opens February 6th (with Solis and Lady Saphire)

W.a.t.e.r.w.o.r.k.s: Opens March 27th (with Tom Kabat, Miles Epstein, Tim Armstrong, Bruce Barton and Clint Imboden)

The W.at.e.r.w.o.r.k.s show will be our most ambitious with additional events including a bicycle sewer tour that ends at the Re Room on March 29th and a special screening of A Fierce Green Fire, a Sundance documentary about the environmental movement by Mark Kitchell with filmmakers in attendance (date TBA).  Next year will also see a Building REsources staff show, exploiting the talents of our very own artists who serve our customers everyday.  We are also in talks with our friendly neighbor SCRAP to host a show of their very own in our venue.  There’s more, but, we will leave a little mystery for the months to come.  Be sure to stay tuned to all the ongoings and goings on of the Reclaimed Room by visiting and signing up for this blog!

We wish everyone an incredibly safe, happy and prosperous start to 2014.  Happy New Year!!

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

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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

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

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.

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Opening Night Photos – FUSIONS on display until Nov 4th

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sunflowers

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

Party Animals

Contemplating Tables- Looking Glass Table $600/Blandy

Contemplating Tables- Looking Glass Table $600/Blandy

Reddy and former student enjoy the night

Reddy and former student enjoy the night

Craftsman Tables $450-$700/Blandy-Cross

Craftsman Tables $450-$700/Blandy-Cross

Cruising the party

Cruising the party

Stopped short at Eye of Yerba Buena $1100/Blandy

Stopped short at Eye of Yerba Buena $1100/Blandy

Tempered Bowls $150/each Reddy Lieb

Tempered Bowls $150/each Reddy Lieb

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

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

Roland thanks CraftsmanTables co-creator James Cross with flask

Roland thanks CraftsmanTables co-creator James Cross with flask

Roland with Guests Opening Night

Roland with Guests Opening Night

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

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

Broken Glass with Earth Circles Installation

Broken Glass with Earth Circles Installation

FUSIONS-Artist Profiles

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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

Reddy Lieb

VIDEO: REDDY LIEB

In The Yard at Building REsources

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Lots of crazy cool things come in and out of the yard at Building REsources.  Part of our mission with this blog is to inform you about the newest, most interesting and/or most abundant reclaimed materials we have.  Today’s finds include a good looking honey extractor and a retro Speed Queen washing machine.  Come by and check it out!!

Honey Extractor for sale

Honey Extractor for sale

Interior Honey Extractor

Interior Honey Extractor

Speed Queen dials

Speed Queen dials

Retro Speed Queen Washer

Retro Speed Queen Washer

Speed Queen wringer/hose

Speed Queen wringer/hose

Legacy International brings young Indonesian leaders to find inspiration for community projects at Building REsources

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Matt Levesque, program manager of Building REsources, took a dozen young aspiring community leaders from Indonesia on a tour of the Building REsources facility to help inspire them for community projects at home.  The group was a media saavy bunch with smart phones and cameras to document the whole thing.  Legacy International is a nonprofit organization that generates citizen participation worldwide.  To learn more about their program please visit www.globalyouthvillage.org

 

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Touching Tumbled Glass
Legacy International tours Building Resources
Tumbled Glass
Matt introduces the tumbled glass machine
Funny translations
Matt reaches in Mixer
Matts pulls out froth from wine bottles
Youth Leaders document the process
Notes on the Process
In the Warehouse
Styrofoam Koi Pond
Questions
Tour group looks at reclaimed wood
Leftover artwork
Claw Feet
Youth Leaders take it all in
Victorian fireplace facades
Youth Leaders listen to Matt