Recycled furniture that amalgamates art and style

Aditi JustaMar 26 2011

We are living in an era where our home, our vehicles and our lifestyle says a lot about our personality and status. So, we can see everyone around wanting to have nothing but the best. We love to call over and flaunt our classy and stylish home. I feel you want people to go green with envy looking at you house, furniture plays a very important role. It can make or break the whole look and hence the positive impact that you want to set on the onlookers. When we talk about furniture we have a complete brigade of designs and styles to choose from, but what is actually stealing the show these days is eco-friendly furniture. If you too have a liking for green furniture then Ashley Baldwin-Smith has some great pieces of furniture to offer.

recycled furniture
recycled furniture

Ashley is a contemporary painter and sculptor, who is well known for working in a variety of media, oils and acrylics, metal, plaster and concrete. He creates stunning eco-friendly paintings, sculptures and stylish furniture. This ingenious artist gave birth to Ashwin Art Studio to give people the pleasure of enjoying a variety of things under one roof. His furniture line includes the “Tube Chair”, the “V-Bench”, the “Circadian glass table”, “A Taste of Orange –Metal Table”, the “Bomford Garden Bench”, the “Metal Art – Lantern”, “Boule Table – Contemporary Table”, “Modern Sculptural Bench”, “Contemporary Table “, “The Boule Chair” and “Austen Mini Stool”.

The Tube Chair is a stylish chair that works both as a chair and sculpture. Made by welding old, different sized steel tubes together, this chair makes visually appealing from all angles. As the name suggests, the V-Bench is a stylish bench that is designe din the shape of the alphabet ‘V’. It is created from reclaimed girders and mahogany draw runners. Built out of reclaimed engine parts and scrap steel tubing is the beautiful Circadian – Glass Table. The hardened glass top that adds to the aesthetics is also reclaimed. This table is just perfect to place that hot coffee cup on and keep your juicy conversation going. A Taste of Orange – Metal Table was built keeping in mind many things, the artist want it not only to be functional, but also work as a work of art - a sculpture, a painting and a decorative object. Looking at it you would never believe that it made from recycled metal tubes and plate that have been shaped and sculpted. The orange color you see on it is durable bright summer orange powder paint. The table top is hand painted with vibrant enamel paints.

The Bomford Garden Bench pop out of scrap farm parts and features a Bomford flail skid (the seat), New Holland Combine dividers (the back rest) and shock absorber springs. Its rusty look is something that gives uniqueness. It is just perfect to adorn any garden. The Metal Art – Lantern / metal candle holder is shaped from metal candle holder. The Boule Table has a very unique design. It is made from scrap roll cages and French boules. The table top is finished using car spray paint. The design looks like a beautiful, artistic painting. The Contemporary Table by Loukas Morley and Ashwinstudio features recycled metal frame with an elegant wooden table top. Made from metal tubing from scrap roll cages is the stunning Boule Chair, while the Austen Mini Stool is made from car parts including three Mini camshafts and Mini Cooper steering wheel. These one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture will throw new life into your dwelling.

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