Traeskalle Records
Repurposed materials and salvaged electronics in combination with sleepless nights by the lathe. Arts and Crafts meets sound and perhaps lucid steampunk dreams.
Crafted Headphones
Salvaging Electronics at day, lathe sessions at night.
Grimslöv FHSK - Arts and Crafts School, Sweden.
2011 Side Project, Late Night Lathe Frenzy.
Exhibitions:
Växjö Stadsbibliotek 2011 - Grimslöv annual exhibition
Alvesta Railway Station 2011 - Grimslöv spring exhibition
Background
Inspired by the "My Precious" exhibition in 2010/2011 at the Danish museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen, I spent some late nights by the lathe to make my own pair of headphones. They were crafted from rough napkin sketches and are all one of a kind prototypes.
Project Description
Old electronics with a new life. All was salvaged from worn out products, hence the speaker housings vary in size, but the brackets are all the same; made of steel wire and leather. The housings slides smoothly along the brackets and the construction allows for twisting the shape to fit the user.
Model #1: Storbiggen
Bracket: steel wire and leather
Speaker Housings: Wood // Birch, Walnut, Oak
Connectors: Brass
Model #2: Steamer
Bracket: steel wire and leather
Speaker Housings: Wood // Birch, Walnut, Oak, Marquetry, 0,6mm veneer.
Connectors: Brass
Model #3: Plain Wood
Bracket: steel wire and leather
Speaker Housings: Walnut
Connectors: Stainless steel.
