I’m very new to Folksy (started yesterday) but I thought I’d jump right in with both feet and start a discussion on what materials people are using?
In my “Sails and Stories” shop I use old sails, mainly spinnakers (it’s the sailing equivalent to silk!). These are sails that have been exposed to the elements, blown by the wind, sailed hard, raced hard, cruised into the sunset, battled winter storms and drifted on the summer breeze.
Each collection I plan to create will consist of a limited edition of unique, individual pieces created from one sail, embodying the spirit of the wind and each telling their own sailing story.
Welcome to folksy.
I use a very unusual material called fordite - its cured paint build up from the old spray booths at car factories. I cut and polish it myself and have just got a lump from a 70’s van paint shop which currently looks like
when I’m done with the cutting and polishing I should end up with something like
There is a material called boatite which is the boat yard equivalent, tends to have lots of blue and white in it whilst the fordite can have pretty much any colour and varies depending on the plant and era it comes from.
Sasha
Hi Ant, welcome to Folksy, I popped over to your shop to have a look, congratulations on selling your first piece, however I couldn’t view it as it looks as though you may have deleted the images or the listing. I don’t delete any of my items when they are sold as people often pop over and look at them and if you get a review from the customer the image will be next to it.
Good luck with your shop, I dont use any unusual materials just lots of bear fluff
Interesting to see the huge lump of fordite @SashaGarrett
I’m using left over bits of wood. I started with some oak from a church pew that I was given (my neighbour was given it to make a beautiful dresser), re-used some flooring from my kitchen and my daughter gave me her old bamboo chopping board that had split in two. She also found a load of offcuts next to a bin so anything will do
I do buy offcuts but the idea is to only use wood that would otherwise go to waste.
This is one of my favourites which is a chip from an old pallet that was on the floor of my garage. Not for sale as my wife already bagsed it!
