THINGS WE MAKE

Circulate practices what it preaches - using waste materials to create clothing, shoes, artwork, furniture and design. Whenever we need or want to make something, we use reclaimed materials well before buying new.

Here you an view some of the ways we have creatively used waste, all of which can be custom made to order and purchased!

Circulate is also available for graphic design; for individuals, organisations and businesses who are striving to make an effort to use waste effectively. We also are able to suggest ideas and provide consultancy and design around using reclaimed resources in your business instead of buying new!




#1 - DUMPSTER HOODIES


Dumpster Hoodies are made by Circulate, using the old woollen jumpers that get dropped off at Xtreme Waste or local op shops that are too damaged to be sold as they are.  

These discarded woollen jumpers are sad old things; holey, marked, shrunken, scarred, paint splattered, worn out or just plain UGLY. Their fate may have been either;  
a.) landfill or 
b.) to be used as garden mulch by the folks at Xtreme (which is great but takes a heck of a lot of processing and ages to break down, PLUS it sure doesnt keep a body toasty warm over winter like a hoody could!). 

These woollen jumpers are collected, cleaned, de-bobbled, de-flufferised, revived and darned (where necessary) and then I add hoods, pockets and emblems, which are also made out of the offcuts of the old jumpers I have already used!

SKULL HOODY
Navy woollen jumper (complete with holes that are now being adorned with fluro yellow blanket stitching!), Magenta merino hood lining, black woollen hood with white snowflake pattern. Mexican skull sun emblem...
SIZE - Womens size 8-12. Mens size small
PRICE - $80.00

DUMPSTER HOOD - SOLD!
Chocolate brown jumper with blue argyle pattern hood/pocket, and dumpster crest.
SIZE - Mens size small to med. Womens size 10-14
PRICE - $90.00

BAT LOVE HOODY
My fave so far I think...it was made for my lovely friend, Anna, gifted by her sweet boyfriend Niall.... heres what she had to say - so stoked to get this message! "I love love LOVE my new (old) Dumpster Hoodie. You're a talented lady - thank you xxx (thanks also to Niall for being a very clever anti-consumerist boyfriend)" Thanks guys!

HARLEQUIN HOODY - SOLD!
Made from a cute little holy old jumper that I found hanging on the free clothesline at Kiwiburn 2013! Mustard and turquoise hoody made from jumpers from Xtreme Waste and The Bargain Basement op shop in Raglan.
SIZE - Womens 8-10
PRICE - $75

 

'UR SUCH A SQUARE' HOODY
Patterny Patterson woollen jumper (in black, cream + blue), soft angora mix black woollen hood with deep burgunday outer and cube design.
SIZE - Mens small to med, or Womens 10-16 (depending on fit you want!)
PRICE - $80.00

Labels are all equipped with the old tags from the jumpers, plus a little description of what they are all about. Dumpster Hoodies are made as part of the developing Trash Collective....stay tuned for future developments....

This one didnt even see the light of the Hello Art Studios & Gallery before it was whisked away for wearing!! Komako from Inspiring Stories took quite a shine to the Bat Hood. Heres some shots of her rockin her freshly made Dumpster Hoody - stoked it has found its rightful owner!

#2 - SALVAGED TESSELLATIONS

CIRCULATE's Salvaged Tessellations are made from a variety of reclaimed materials that were destined for landfill. These diamond shapes are hand cut and are made to be arranged on the wall in a tessellated formation - the beauty of them is that they are simply blu-tacked onto the surface, so they are easily changed and rearranged! These sets of diamonds can be purchased in sets of ten and upwards, and can be custom made to suit!

SALVAGED TIMBER TESSELLATIONS

Timber tessellations - made from salvaged timber...some collected from inorganic collections, some gifted offcuts from a guitar-maker, some were topsheets from timber shipments.... 

This salvaged timber set is 27 pieces for $130 - the timber was collected from the side of the road in an inorganic collection. This is the first set I ever made and it was all hand cut with a knife! Crazy! The diamonds are stained with paint so you can still see the wood grain.

 

Salvaged timber tessellations - Sets of 10 for $40 - these particular timber offcuts were collected from a guitar maker! Can be either painted densely in bright colours, sanded back slightly to give it more of a rustic look or dyed/stained.

PRICE - $50.00 for set of ten.

 

CIRCULATE out and about at the Colour of a Carnival exhibition in the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2012

Totally customisable - choose your on colours for your own personalised tessellation... this set was made for a lovely lady who wanted antique gold, glossy black and white...

 

CIRCULATE artwork display down at what was previously the Raglan Artisan Workshop - it was a late night set up before we raced off to Auckland for the weekend, hence the slightly dark photos!

 

RETRO BOOK TESSELLATIONS

Book tessellations - old outdated encyclopedias are often thrown into the recycling as they are deemed irrelevant in this day and age... despite the amazing illustrations, photos and design!! They are so worth keeping and transforming into something new and beautiful!

 

Outdated Encyclopedia set that I made my brother and his girlfriend for Christmas a few years back! These sets are customsiable - you can even choose your own book or I can seek out a book of a particular theme... birds, flowers, vintage... etc

 'Man and Space' set is made from an old, out of date space book. Diamonds are backed onto used corflute signage from a previous election campaign! 

Now resides at the awesome Lovenotes headquarters in Birkenhead, Auckland. See photos of set. below

TRASH TESSELLATIONS

Made from vinyl flooring offcuts.

Trash Tessellations - set of 10 for $25 - made from vinyl flooring offcuts. 

 Look really cool displayed on the wall, kinda have an industrial look! 

Also have mini versions available, Trash magnet tessellations - set of 8 IS NOW $5!! 

These look really cool meandering down your fridge, kinda have an industrial look!