Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
Reconstruct – eco-friendly crafts made easy DVD1: Home Decor
Instructional DVD with 11 projects friendly to the Earth and to your budget.
Host Garth Johnson and project designer Jeanee Ledoux transform humble materials like cardboard, old appliances, and eggshells.
Re-Construct is the first DVD movie at the convergence of environmental consciousness and a generation's rediscovery of handmade goods. This rediscovery of handmade goods is certainly not before time.
Project designer Jeanee Ledoux, author of “Adobe a la Mode: 44 Projects for Hip Home Decor”, transforms everyday items – and even waste materials – into clever artwork, furniture, and accessories.
Host Garth Johnson of “extremecraft.com” and “1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse” brings snarky humor and a passion for fringe crafts to the step-by-step demonstrations.
This is indeed a very interesting DVD with nice projects but not all of them will appeal to everyone.
If, like me, however, you are always on the lookout for inspiration as to what to turn this or that item of waste into then this first DVD may not give you all that much but it is worth having, nevertheless, as you may still get some ideas.
The remodeling of the baking sheet, aka baking tray (depending which country you are in), into a drinks tray can also give inspiration of what, maybe, to do with some waste materials that are similar, such as, for instance the lids of certain confectionery tins.
From a technical point of view the volume of the sound on the DVD could have been better as it is rather on the low side and anyone playing the movie on a laptop with their inbuilt speakers may not get a good sound out of it, as there is a limit too what level the system can be set to. Just a little food for thought for the next one.
The DVD is available for USD 19.99 from reconstructdvd.com and indie boutiques.
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Reconstruct DVD – DVD Review
