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Street Art Goes Global, Online - The Wooster Collective website is fast becoming the place to showcase graffiti (the good stuff) and street art from around the world. By Rachel Metz. [Wired - Culture] Wooster Collective There are some fantastic pieces exhibited on the site. Treat yourself to delicious eye-candy.

Salvaged lumber is my favorite woodworking material source. Dead trees, pruned limbs, demolition leftovers- all are free game. Perhaps 'free' is the key word. Admittedly, I am a firm believer in 'free is always the best price', but there is something more to it than the impact of a project's cost on my pocketbook. There is simply something deeply satisfying about turning trash into treasure. I am consistently amazed at the wonderfully useful stuff that people toss into dumpsters or onto junk piles.

Mel picked up "The Natural paint Book"; we tested a few natural finishes for our woodcraft items. A paste made from beeswax and turpentine produced excellent results; the finish was smooth and satiny.

You can find just about everything on eBay- even high quality, reasonably priced wood turning blanks. Melanie bought a couple chunks of Boxelder.