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:: Rescued biscuit tins
Posted by Joelle on December 13, 2007
I just discovered these tins, by Robert Archard, which I love. He has stripped most of the paint off old biscuit and sweet tins, leaving a stencilled design behind. I love baking, and it is great to see some cake tins that are an alternative to all the retro Cath Kidston styling. Plus it is great to see such a great reused and recycled product.
It’s tempting to wonder how to DIY these, but since Robert is selling them for a bargainous £6 (small tins), £8 (medium) or £10 (large) on his website I’d say go straight to him. How many people have access to a sandblaster anyway?
Also worth a look as excellent biscuit themed Christmas pressies are his cute little ceramic custard cream keepsake boxes, and the very handy gift tag ink stamper.
Robert is going to have a stall at The Design Grotto in London’s Somerset House this weekend, where I am headed. I know what I’ll be buying!
Categories: design, green, shopping
Tags: biscuits, cake, recycle, reuse, robert archard, sweets, tins
Kirsty says:
December 13th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Wow - these are fantastic! My craft supplies would look fabulous in them; I’ll have to take a looky for myself.
Vanessa says:
December 13th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
I had a lovely retro cake tin and I have no idea where it ended up :( It was simply too big to take with me to America… It must be at home, I suppose. It was pink and it said ‘cake’.
Joelle says:
December 13th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I have a big tupperware. It does the job well but it lacks charm.
Kirsty says:
December 13th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Simon’s grandma gave us a cake in a gorgeous tin and told us to throw it away after because it was going rusty - so I’m keeping stationery in it!
Peter says:
December 19th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I imagine you wouldn’t need to use a sandblaster. You could probably use wire wool (although I’m not sure how the stencilling would then work, wax perhaps?) or paint stripper…
Joelle says:
December 19th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Paint stripper might work.
Though I have a sneaky feeling Santa may have heard I’d like one of these this Christmas…