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WE SCRAP

CONTENTS

ABOUT SCRAP 08

HISTORY 09

GOALS 11

CREATIVE REUSE CENTER 15

WORKSHOPS 45

GET INVOLVED 46

DONATE 48

VISIT SCRAP 49

ABOUT SCRAP SCRAP is a non-profit creative reuse center, materials depot, and workshop space founded in 1976 in San Francisco, California. SCRAP breathes new life into old objects and reduces waste by diverting over 200 tons of materials heading to landfill every year. Donations of quality reusable materials such as textiles, buttons, paper, craft and office supplies, plastics, and wood are collected from businesses, institutions, and individuals then sorted and made available to teachers, parents, artists, and organizations. The community depends on SCRAP as the place to find all manner of materials for educational programs, creative projects, and their classrooms. By offering low cost supplies, creative reuse workshops, volunteer opportunities, educational field trips, art exhibitions, and more SCRAP gives students of all ages the opportunity to learn and pass on the value of creative reuse.

HISTORY SCRAP is the Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest creative reuse center, and has been diverting waste from landfills for use as art supplies for more than 35 years. SCRAP was founded in 1976 to provide art supplies to art teachers in the San Francisco Public School system during Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last serious financial crisis. We have changed locations quite a few times over the years, filling spaces at Fort Mason, on Harrison St, and finally on Toland St with scrap. At each stop we have provided artists, art teachers and scroungers with just the right material for their next project. And with each move our capacity to supply the growing demand for reused art supplies has grown.

GOALS • Maximize the diversion of reusable discarded materials from the solid waste stream. • Collect and redistribute these materials to

SCRAP’s mission is to stimulate creativity and environmental

underfunded educational programs and

awareness in children and adults through promoting the creative

organizations, teachers, artists, parents, and

reuse of materials that traditionally have been discarded as waste.

students in the community.

• Educate and benefit the community in the art of creative reuse.

SCRAP is housed in a 5,000 square foot warehouse provided by the San Francisco Unified School District. In exchange, SCRAP provides services to teachers, parents, and community organizations operating in the schools. Our creative reuse depot and workshop space is located in the Bayview district of San Francisco. You never know what you’ll find to inspire your next project or finish off a current one. The materials in our depot change everyday, but you’ll always find an abundance of “art parts” and a wide variety of artifacts of inspiring textures, colors, and shapes. The warehouse is organized by type of material: wood, metal, glass, fabric, paper, images, plastic, natural materials, beads & buttons, arts & crafts, toys, and more. The entrance contains a section of free materials. The rest are available at low-cost. Monies raised from the depot keep SCRAP going, offering free materials pick-ups, low-cost workshops, school field trips, and more.

CREATIVE REUSE CENTER

From a recovered pillow to a gallery installa-

SCRAP workshops are presented by indepen-

tion, from a home-made costume to classroom

dent artists and teachers who use SCRAP

educational materials, creative reuse includes

materials in their work. In addition to our

all projects that incorporate materials that

regular schedule of creative reuse workshops

would otherwise be thrown away. Folks who

for the community, SCRAP’s creative reuse

find materials at SCRAP are teachers, artists,

workshops for teachers provide a practical

crafters, and designers who transform what

framework for teachers to experience and

could have been discarded into something with

apply the tangible benefits of creative reuse

new value.

in the classroom. Teachers are eligible to

As much arts-related as it is environmental, creative reuse demonstrates that artistic creativity and learning can take place anywhere and everywhere—and with all manner of materials—and that “junk” has value for those who can see meaning beyond the discarding of things. As a response to ever-filling landfills, overproduction, and diminishing natural resources the ethos of creative reuse is shared by all SCRAP’ers.

receive professional development credit for all SCRAP workshops.

CREATIVE REUSE 19

ODE TO THINGS Oct 5th, 10am–1pm, fee: $15, Sally Doyle

This WE SCRAP! workshop shows teachers how to have fun teaching poetry and help their students see, touch and understand how beautiful common things we cast off can be. It is an opportunity for students to explore poetry tacitly. …this ocean is yours, and mine, these buttons, and

Participants will adventure down the aisles of

wheels, and little forgotten treasures.fans upon

SCRAP, looking for objects or materials that

whose feathers, love has scattered, its blossoms...

speak to them and inspire them to praise. They will write odes and make a 3D project /poem to go with it. Then the participants’ poems will be put in a SCRAP Odes to Common Things Booklet that can be used in the classroom. Sally Doyle is a teacher and poet with California Poets in the Schools and is poet-in-residence at Miraloma Elementary School and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

Dec 7th, 10am–1pm, fee: $15, Patricia Christensen

FINGER PUPPET BOOKS 26

Finger puppets are fun and can be easily made with many different materials and techniques. These little puppets inspire storytelling; and dialogue seems to come naturally. After creating their own finger puppet characters, students are eager to write and decorate their creative adventures on sturdy paper. Once holes are cut, finger puppet characters poke up and come alive on the page(s) of student books. This workshop will provide opportunities to make both glued and sewn

Patricia Christensen is a SFUSD Visual Art Teacher with

finger puppets with a variety of treasures

4/5 grade classroom experence. She has taught textiles

found at SCRAP. We will also experiment with

and mixed-media art making for over twenty years.

simple bookmaking techniques. Because of

small items (buttons, beads, pom-poms) used to make finger puppets, they are not suitable for very young children.

Francisco Hernandez is a 5th-grade teacher, boatbuilder, sculptor, and frequent SCRAP shopper. His

Design thinking and basic science experiments

students have created model bridges, buildings,

can be made accessible by building a variety

windmills, and dams using SCRAP materials.

of simple toys. Participants will construct tops, pinwheels, wind turbines, parachutes, a basic barometer, sound horns to listen to old vinyl records. We will investigate how guided exploration through inquiry is an ideal method

for teaching STEM in your classroom. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, this student-driven approach is also well suited for integration of math concepts such as geometry and measurement. Your instructor, Francisco Hernandez, will share how he has used these simple creations to create engaging activities that help students use their creativity and scientific thinking. The quick and easy science toys we will teache are suitable for young kids, with a little help here and there. We make them with large groups of elementary age students. They generally take about half an hour to complete.

SCIENCE WITH TOYS Nov 2nd,

10am–1pm, fee: $15,

Francisco Hernandez

The Iris Fold technique originated in Holland and makes a striking frame for any image or photograph. Strips of folded paper create a spiral design that resembles the iris of an eye or camera. In this workshop artist Jody Alexander will show participants how to make

Jody Alexander is an artist, bookmaker and librarian.

iris fold creations using SCRAP materials to

She binds books with found and discarded papers

frame an image of their choice that can be

and fabric in a number of historical and modern

used on a card or left ready for framing.

binding styles. She combines these books with found

objects to create sculptural works and installations. Her pieces celebrate collecting, storytelling, and odd characters. She is the proprietress of Wishi Washi Studio in Santa Cruz, California.

Saturday, Oct 12th, 1–4pm, fee: $40, Jody Alexander

IRIS FOLD TECHNIQUE

Do you know what you will be for Halloween? Come and construct a fabulous Halloween costume using the many forms, shapes, and treasures around SCRAP. Participants will paint, glue, sew, and create custom costumes together as well as build 3-D construction skills for future disguises.

Saturday, Oct 19th,

MAKE YOUR OWN COSTUME

2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5pm, fee: $40(Adults), $20 (Children), Lauren Hartman

For a clown outfit, you should start by looking for a colorful pair of sweats pants. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any, see if there is some other baggy clothing lying around. Since clowns have big

Lauren has always been creating and constructing. Her passion for her art-making started

buttons on their coveralls, use colorful mesh

in her childhood. Lauren teaches art and sewing at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts and

dish scrubbers which can be found in your

holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco Art Institute.

kitchen or the grocery.

For your hair, get a wig because it will take more than a day to get off the color on your hair. Get some white makeup for your face and then find a pair of goofy shoes to complete the outfit. We all know tin man from the wizard of Oz. To dress up just like him, you will see cardboard which will be most of your costume. To make yourself look like him, you can spray the cardboard with silver spray paint or attach aluminum foil all around it.

TEMPERED GLASS MOSAICS

Saturday, Oct 26th, 10am–3pm, fee: $80, Reddy Lieb

For over 30 years Reddy Lieb has been working with glass to create both conceptual and functional work. She uses recycled materials in her work and in 2000 was the Artistin-Residence at Recology San Francisco, aka the garbage dump. In 2004, she received an MFA from

Join artist Reddy Lieb as she shares her pas-

the California College of Art. Reddy loves inspiring the creative process

sion for glass once again. Tempered glass

in people and has been doing so for over 20 years.

mosaics glimmer as they refract light with a

glimpse of veiled collages underneath. Come learn how to work with this magical material and create a recycled mixed media piece. Participants will work with collage materials found at SCRAP and adhere them to a piece of wood, a box or other 3D form, then cover the collage with tempered glass. The second day of class participants will finish their mosaics with colored grouts to enhance the design.

Kenan has been making quilts for 18 years. While many of them are not Scrap quilts many do incorporate scrap quilt techniques. She spent over 13 years observing, unloading, rolling, fondling and

Join us as Kenan Shapero shares her knowlshelving many tons of fabric at SCRAP! In October

edge and inspiration for the Scrap quilt in the

she will become the president of the San

perfect placeâ&#x20AC;Ś SCRAP! Kenan will begin the Francisco Quiltersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild.

class with an introduction to the world of Scrap quilts giving an overview of the various and many types. Then she will lead participants through the materials depot to investigate all the bits of wonderful fabric found at SCRAP that can be incorporated into a SCRAP quilt of their own. By the end of the day participants will have the first few blocks of their quilt done or a small top ready to be made into a sandwich and quilted. Included in the workshop will be information for how to quilt and bind these small masterpieces. Please bring a sewing machine.

Saturday, Nov 9th, 10amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4pm, fee: $60, Kenan Shapero

SCRAP QUILTS

Saturday, Dec 14th, 1–4pm, fee: $30, Megumi Inouye & Monica Lee

WRAP IT Megumi and Monica are back again for their popular repurposing gift-wrapping workshop. They have new ideas to share as well as some of their favorite techniques from past workshops on how to transform SCRAP materials into holiday gift giving/ wrapping treasures: recycled floral bows, scrap tags, playing card gift boxes and other “made from scratch”

Megumi Inouye is the host of the Japanese American

packaging ideas. There will be time during the

Journal for KTSF where she has featured Japanese

second half of the workshop to browse Scrap

inspired gift wrapping tips. She was the 2008

for materials to wrap, prep and get a head start

Runner-Up Finalist in a national gift-wrapping con-

on your personal holiday wrapping.

test and appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show for a Wrap Off with Ellen!

GET INVOLVED Volunteer for SCRAP! SCRAP has a variety of volunteer opportunities. Are you… …an individual with a couple of hours to spare? …fulfilling a community service requirement? …looking for meaningful team-building opportunities for a group?

Individuals There are a variety of ways to

We need help taking donations, sorting dona-

get involved at SCRAP.

tions, and organizing and stocking our shelves

• Help sort, prepare, and put away materials at the depot • Assist with community events and outreach workshops • Create project samples and displays with SCRAP materials

with all those fun materials. Without volunteers there’s no way we could manage the 250 tons of donated materials that come through our doors each year.

COMMUNITY SERVICE SCRAP volunteers have earned credit for community service requirements at their schools, earning letters of recommendation and enhancing their resumes. SCRAP is part of Project 20, a program allowing eligible people to pay off their San Francisco parking tickets through community service.

TEAM BUILDING SCRAP is a great place to bring a small team to engage in hands-on work that benefits the community. Groups can do projects such as sorting and organizing materials, making improvements to the depot, or others based on the needs of SCRAP.

DONATE Your tax-deductible dona-

Save on disposal costs, contribute to the com-

tions support all our great

munity, and help SCRAP divert over 250 tons of

programs:

materials “too good to throw away” from landfill

• Low-cost creative reuse workshops • Monthly newsletters • School field trips • Community outreach and educational events • Free donation pick-ups

each year. Because of your donations SCRAP is able to supply useful materials to school teachers, nonprofits, parents, artists and others. See below for a detailed list of items SCRAP accepts. Due to our space constraints at times we may not be able to take certain items even though they appear on the list. Please call ahead if you have any questions regarding your donation. SCRAP reserves the right to refuse donations even if they have been approved unseen via the phone or email. If we can’t take your donation we will do our best to refer to you to a source that can.

Examples of materials SCRAP accepts are: • Art supplies (markers, paints, brushes, stamps, canvas, papers) • Paper (leftover letterhead, trimmed edges, mat board, foam core) • Textiles (fabric, yarn, samples, millends, patterns) • Signage and promotional items (used banners, foam core, flags, products) • Buttons, beads, wire and notions • Natural materials (feathers, pinecones, candles, wax) • Architectural & interior samples (NO samples glued into books) • Teaching materials and toys (No text books —contact RecycleTextbooks.org) • Surplus, off-cuts, defects, remnants from manufacturing

VISIT SCRAP BY CAR:

BY BUS:

Hwy 101 Southbound

#24 bus stops at Palou and Selby heading

Take the Cesar Chavez & the Bayshore Blvd.

east & west. Walk three blocks north on Selby

off-ramp. Take Bayshore Blvd. to Oakdale

to Newcomb and go west on Newcomb one-

Ave. and turn left onto Oakdale. Go about

half block.

three blocks to Toland Street and turn left

#23 MUNI bus (Inbound/southeast) stops at

on Toland. Go one block to Newcomb Ave. and turn right onto Newcomb. SCRAP is mid-block on the left.

Toland and McKinnon. Walk one block south to Newcomb and go left (east) on Newcomb one-half block. #23 MUNI bus (Outbound/

Hwy 101 Northbound

northwest) stops at Toland and Newcomb.

Take the Alemany exit to Bayshore Blvd. &

Walk one-half block east on Newcomb.

take Alemany to cross Bayshore Blvd. This

#15 bus connects to the #23 and #24 at

is Industrial Street. Follow Industrial to Oakdale Avenue and go as if going straight, making a slight left turn, to Selby St. (under 280) Go one block to Newcomb Ave., turn left, SCRAP is mid-block on the right. 280 Northbound Take the Alemany exit. Follow Alemany to Bayshore Blvd., cross Bayshore and follow the directions for Hwy 101 Northbound.

Third Street and Palou. #44 stops at Quint and Palou. Walk west 2 blocks on Palou to Selby and follow directions for #24. #9 bus connects to the #24 at Bayshore Boulevard and Industrial Street or get off at Oakdale Ave., walk to Toland. Go left (north) on Toland one block to Newcomb and then go right (east) on Newcomb to mid-block.

CONTACT US SCRAP is located in the Bayview district of San Francisco in an SFUSD warehouse. You never know what you’ll find to inspire your We are located at: 801 Toland St. San Francisco, CA 94124 Phone: (415) 647-1746 Fax: (415) 647-1744 Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm Donations accepted: 10:00am to 4:00pm

next project or finish off your current one. The materials in our depot change every day, but you’ll always find an abundance of “art parts,” a wide variety of artifacts of inspiring textures, colors, and shapes. The warehouse is loosely organized by type of material: wood, metal, glass, fabric, paper, images, plastic, natural materials, beads & buttons, arts & crafts, toys, and more. A section of the warehouse contains free materials, and the rest are available at low cost. Proceeds

General information:

of sales from the depot keep SCRAP going—

scrap@scrap-sf.org

offering free materials pick-ups, low-cost

Donations:

workshops, school field trips, and more.

donate@scrap-sf.org Workshops: workshops@scrap-sf.org Outreach: outreach@scrap-sf.org Director, Shuai Chen: schen@scrap-sf.org Program Coordinator, Jenny Morningstar: jmorningstar@scrap-sf.org 51

ABOUT SCRAP SCRAP is a non-profit creative reuse center, materials depot, and workshop space founded in 1976 in San Francisco, California. The community depends on SCRAP as the

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place to find all manner of materials for educational programs, creative projects, and their classrooms. By offering low cost supplies, creative reuse workshops, volunteer opportunities, educational field trips, art exhibitions, and more SCRAP gives students of all ages the opportunity to learn and pass on the value of creative reuse.