‘whittle no. 3’
british designer karen ryan‘s ‘whittle no. 3’ takes an unvalued object and up-cycles it. a continuation of her whittle chair series, ryan’s ‘whittle no. 3’ embodies the notion of DIY up-cycling by using nothing more than a discarded chair, a penknife and her time.
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fate chose the chair she up-cycled, found during her daily rounds to local second hand shops and scouring the streets
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