How to Make a Modernist Bowl out of Construction Refuse

By erinloechner

From ReadyMade magazine via Design for Mankind:

GET IT:
Orange Construction Netting ($10)

NEED IT:
Ruler
Scissors
Wok Lid
Screwdriver
Aluminum Foil
Oven
3 Small Flower Pots
Oven Mitts
Newspaper

DO IT:
1. Cut two circles, 19" in diameter, out of contruction netting.
2. Remove the wooden knob of a wok lid and cover the outside with aluminum foil.
3. With the rack in the lowest position, set three small flowerpots in the center of your oven and place the lid on top.
4. Turn on the oven. When it hits 400 degrees, carefully center the two pieces of netting on top of the wok, overlapping each other.
5. With the over door closed and the light on, watch and wait! In a few minutes, the netting will begin to melt.
6. When the pieces drape completely over the wok lid, turn off the overn and remove the entire thing (flowerpots and all), and set it on a piece of newspaper.
7. Once cooled, pull the netting off the lid and SHAZAM... your basket.

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October 28, 2007

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getchoretro

November 07, 2007

I wonder if this would work if I put the netting on a shallow rectangle glass pyrex dish?
I think it'd be a great mail basket if it did.

designbyphoto

November 03, 2007

Thanks for the idea, I can't wait to try this! Does anyone have any advice for painting plastic so it can be washed? Love the orange myself but I thought it might make nice gifts for anyone in white or black. Any ideas on how to apply color before melting?

MirandaJay

October 29, 2007

I signed up just to comment - I just tried this with a different, thinner type of plastic netting. It didn't work but it WOULD have. I left it in too long and it shrunk into nothing - so if you're going to do this I suggest you watch it carefully! And I didn't use a wok or flower pots, just a pyrex glass bowl and stuck it in there. Was working, I Just left it too long.