How its Made
Welcome to “How its made”
We feel the journey from raw material to finished piece is important and something we want to share. Please feel free to surf the photographs to see how we breathe new life into old junk.
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- Resurrected from its grassy grave
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- We called for the cavalry
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- Four hours just to get a tyre off!
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- Clean
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- Weld
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- Finito!!!
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- Saved from landfill
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- Precise measurements required
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- Correct sized screws
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- Position the cushioning in place
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- Add the fabric
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- What a cool piece of furniture
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- Design and measure
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- Creating a perfect template
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- Transfer to your raw material
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- Saw safely
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- Unfolded finished article
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- Just wow!
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- Of no use to anyone like this!
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- Salvage what we can
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- Design measure and transfer
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- Get sawing
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- Put the jigsaw puzzle together
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- Hey presto!!!
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- This was going to the tip
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- I get given old sample books that are bin bound
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- I position them and see what looks good together
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- start cutting and sewing
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- see how they look on the chair and see which way i want them to go
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- Beautiful!!
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- It was love at first sight!
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- … but what a sorry state
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- … the full works was needed
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- much better
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- the button idea was born
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- one of the comfiest chairs I have ever sat in!
Junk Gypsies are a grass roots British company who are truly on board the eco locomotive steaming down the tracks to a greener future. Our goal is very simple, to deliver quality hand made furniture remade, repurposed and reborn from only salvage.