Wood Collections | Glasgow Wood https://glasgowwood.org.uk/category/wood-collections/ A charity and social enterprise looking after people, planet and community through providing employment opportunities and eco friendly wooden furniture and accessories. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:09:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-GW-Arrow-Yellow-Google-32x32.png Wood Collections | Glasgow Wood https://glasgowwood.org.uk/category/wood-collections/ 32 32 108969119 Aberfeldy Community Bike Workshop upcycles Hunterian drawers for workbenches https://glasgowwood.org.uk/aberfeldy-community-bike-workshop-upcycles-hunterian-drawers-for-workbenches/ https://glasgowwood.org.uk/aberfeldy-community-bike-workshop-upcycles-hunterian-drawers-for-workbenches/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:37:26 +0000 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/?p=29313 Draft & Flow Community Bike Workshop founder, Nick, visited Glasgow Wood in April 2023 to pick up a rather large order of ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers which we collected via our Waste Wood Collections Service. 8 months later, he's transformed them into a beautiful set of workshop storage units for organising tools and bike parts.

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]]> https://glasgowwood.org.uk/aberfeldy-community-bike-workshop-upcycles-hunterian-drawers-for-workbenches/feed/ 0 29313 Hunterian Museum archive boxes transformed by Art School graduate https://glasgowwood.org.uk/hunterian-museum-archive-boxes-transformed-by-art-school-grad/ https://glasgowwood.org.uk/hunterian-museum-archive-boxes-transformed-by-art-school-grad/#respond Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:57:41 +0000 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/?p=25120 Glasgow-based artist Tinsel Edwards created a beautiful series of pieces for her degree show utilising ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers. See the paintings and learn about what's next for her practice.

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]]> https://glasgowwood.org.uk/hunterian-museum-archive-boxes-transformed-by-art-school-grad/feed/ 0 25120 Scottish graduate uses Hunterian Museum archive drawers to build her own archive https://glasgowwood.org.uk/scottish-graduate-uses-hunterian-museum-archive-drawers-to-build-her-own-archive/ https://glasgowwood.org.uk/scottish-graduate-uses-hunterian-museum-archive-drawers-to-build-her-own-archive/#respond Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:48:48 +0000 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/?p=25035 Glasgow School of Art graduate Susan Breckenridge up-cycles drawers from the Hunterian Museum & Gallery to display all the treasured memories and artefacts of her childrens' lives.

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]]> https://glasgowwood.org.uk/scottish-graduate-uses-hunterian-museum-archive-drawers-to-build-her-own-archive/feed/ 0 25035 An ex-exhibitor stand transformation: COP26 to Scottish Lend and Mend Hubs https://glasgowwood.org.uk/ex-exhibitor-stand-transformation-cop26-to-scottish-lend-and-mend-hubs/ https://glasgowwood.org.uk/ex-exhibitor-stand-transformation-cop26-to-scottish-lend-and-mend-hubs/#respond Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:37:43 +0000 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/?p=24987 Via our wood collections service, we worked with EventCycle to collect waste wood from COP26 back in 2021. When Scottish Libraries contacted us in early summer 2023 to produce some peg boards, we had just the material for the job! Learn about the full transformation here.

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]]> https://glasgowwood.org.uk/ex-exhibitor-stand-transformation-cop26-to-scottish-lend-and-mend-hubs/feed/ 0 24987 Wood Collections: from COP26 exhibition stands to potato planters at Hillhead High School https://glasgowwood.org.uk/wood-collections-from-cop26-exhibition-stands-to-potato-planters-at-hillhead-primary-school/ https://glasgowwood.org.uk/wood-collections-from-cop26-exhibition-stands-to-potato-planters-at-hillhead-primary-school/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:05:09 +0000 https://glasgowwood.org.uk/?p=22832 Take a look at the full journey of some raised bed planters and wood collections made from COP26, as the students at Hillhead High School transform them into potato planters.

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