Handmade Wallet

A couple of months ago, one of my brothers birthday was coming up and I had no idea what to get for him. I came across something on Instructables though to myself
-Hey I might be able to make that-
What did I make you ask? I made him a wallet.
It turned out good but I wished I had more time to personalize it more.
You might be wondering what material I used.. Does it not look oddly familiar?
 I made him a handmade wallet by using the circuit sheets found in a keyboard.
He liked it  and I still wish to make some modifications though.
Here is the link to the intruction : http://www.instructables.com/id/Wallet-made-from-a-computer-keyboard/
O I should mention that this idea or the person who deserves  credit for this awesome idea is  Ryan McFarland and the website where it originally came from http://www.zieak.com/

Jan Vormann Dispatchwork

I was just surfing the net browsing the telegraph.co.uk when something colorful caught my eyes and I could not resist so I decided to click out of curiosity. It was amazing.

Lego+ Crumbling walls and structures+Repair work
=
Ingenious!

Jan Vorman has been traveling around the world for the last three years fixing crumbling walls and structures by using Lego pieces with the help of many wonderful and enthusiastic people who are creative in their own right.

I would never expect a combination like that would work. I have seen some fantastic things sculptures that have been done with Lego bricks but NEVER thought these fun colorful bricks would be used to help repair buildings. It gives a dash of color and makes people wonder "How is that possible?"


Tried my best to research as much as I could about Jan Vormann (the person behind the idea). He is quite an elusive person from what I gather with my not-so-bad-usually-find-what-I-Want-Information(Whew what a mouthful- I might be wrong about this but hey his work is wonderful). After more researching I found his listed work on this site and judging from what he studied- He applied the knowledge that he learned and put a creative spin on it.
Simply eye-catching and *Whoa I need to take a closer look and see if they are for real* feeling.


Another helpful website was Samsung Imaging (site) which explained what and why the Lego are used. The purpose is for a campaign as they stated in their title for the post :

Jan Vormann – Cure and Remember, Lego helps us.

The post written by Nadia's own words on Oct 21 2009 states

This campaign, started by Jan Vormann, was initiated by the hope to remedy the building that was wounded by the shootings from WWⅡ; with Lego. Then, out of all things, why with Lego? There are other materials like cement that are unnoticeable. Lego is fun, but it seems so out of place. So why was it with Lego? ..........................................
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making Lego and filling in the building is a symbol of looking back at the past and at the same time, a pledge to not go through one of our worst mistakes again. This is Jan Vormann’s intention and the time that we all need. (You can read more of this post-report at the link given below)

#10 Jan Vormann – Cure and Remember, Lego helps us.

I also wondered how did he get people to enroll and lucky for me I found a site which explained how people got involved when he went to Amsterdam.

The idea and how it has turned out so far is quite inspiring!

Site to view more pictures of Lego repaired buildings over here: http://www.dispatchwork.info/

All copyrighted photos, displayed above, belong to their rightful owner Jan Vormann, unless otherwise stated.