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		<title>Coffee Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a coffee table that I made last November for a good friend and fan of my work.  It is always a pleasure having a client that gives you the freedom to design without too many parameters.  That freedom allows the materials to flow into what they were meant to be.  The beauty of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=133&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been quite a while since my last waste creation.  I recently traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to source old wood with the intent of building a large table and bench. This was a wonderful project.  My initial parameters set by the clients were;  to incorporate the existing family table that had been passed down generationally. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=119&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pieces of Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter has me inside, but I have been spending some time designing furniture to make from the supply of reclaimed wood  I have piled around.  The next few pieces will be small home furnishings that take less than 20 hours to complete.  I pulled a few pieces of wood from my pile, which are below. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=112&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Came Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six years ago, I came across an old beam and trolly rig near my home.  Since then, I have always glanced their way as I pass by.  I have wanted them for quite a while.  Last week, I saw that work was being done to the structure and feared that someone would scrap the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=101&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zero-Mile Manufacturing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently suggested to a potential client, interested in green building, that I would like to decommission her existing space and harvest the materials to design and build some of the finishes in her proposed project.  I have done this kind of project in the past, but not to the extent that I would like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=91&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French Doors</title>
		<link>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/french-doors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past summer, I had the pleasure of remodeling an in-law unit into a small office for a client devoted to building green.  Our goal was to use as many reclaimed materials as possible to go beyond green and towards carbon-negative.  We had to use new gypsum board and we insulated throughout with new cotton/denim [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=85&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old Signs-New Siding</title>
		<link>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/old-signs-new-siding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This large bay window was designed by Leger Wanaselja Architects.  Volve and the homeowner completed the exterior siding of the bay by using decommissioned aluminum street signs as a finish.  I primarily work with wood, but it is always a pleasure to manipulate a host of materials.  The back side of the silver panels all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=80&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Making of &#8220;Table for 12&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-making-of-table-for-12/</link>
		<comments>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-making-of-table-for-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[found wood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a poor habit of not documenting the chronology of my projects well.  The &#8220;Table for 12&#8243; followed the same course essentially, but I figured I would post some &#8220;before&#8221; pictures, since I had a lot of positive feedback on this piece.  Looking back at these photos makes me realize the drive that goes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=68&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minute Design</title>
		<link>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/5-minute-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After completing &#8220;Table for 12&#8243;, which took about 100 hours to design and build, I felt the need to make something quickly.  Large pieces are best suited for commission work and I figured that it was time to make something affordable to most.  I also wanted to develop a standard process to utilize waste in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=57&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Today&#8217;s Landfills are Tomorrow&#8217;s Mines&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://volvebc.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/todays-landfills-are-tomorrows-mines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grave-to-Cradle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a quote that I used to tout back in my college days.  It was the mid-to-late 1990&#8242;s and I was studying Environmental Economics and Policy.  The reception I got from fellow students and my professors was that of cookery.  My argument was that the United States was the largest, by far, consumer of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volvebc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10732358&amp;post=54&amp;subd=volvebc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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