Construction Junction - Building Material Reuse

September 7- September 14, 2012

Community by Steamroller

STORE AND RECYCLING CENTER CLOSED SAT, SEPT 8TH!

Every year the Construction Junction team scours the globe (or at least the World Wide Web) for an intriguing live art demonstration for the Big Pour. We have poured hot metal, glass, and paint and unleashed chainsaws to create sculptures in wood and ice. This year we are turning a steamroller into a giant printing press!

The Steamrolled Pittsburgh project is collaboration between Construction Junction® and the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh.  With support from the Sprout Fund, we selected a group of 8 artists to design and carve unique interpretations of 8 Pittsburgh neighborhoods in a 2’x2’ wood block.  Prints of the separate neighborhoods will be distributed to library branches in Allegheny County to be enjoyed throughout the city before all pieces are put on display in the Oakland main branch library for the month of March 2013.

During the Big Pour, using the steamroller, larger 4’ x 8’ prints will be created on paper and cloth surfaces using various assemblages of the eight 2’ X 2’ wood block carvings. The neighborhoods depicted include:  Hazelwood, the South Side, Squirrel Hill, Homewood, Downtown, Oakland, East Liberty and the Hill District. The artists: Jim Rugg, June Edwards, Cory Bonnet, Steve Cup, Monika Gibson, Bec Young, Deanna Mance, Maria Mangano,  Katy DeMent (did the print for CJ’s 1st Community Day).

Learn more and get the details of how to purchase one of these amazing depictions of the places we love in Pittsburgh.  Go to:  http://steamrolledpgh.wordpress.com/

The larger prints will be available after the Big Pour!

The CJ Buzz

Coming in this week.......

• 35 BRAND new countertops
• Cafe tables and chairs
• More wardrobes
• 2 Kitchen Sets

   

Featured Items

Pamper Yourself...

**BRAND NEW** Tub Shower

Recent Arrivals: One of a kind items

Park Bench	Animal Trap	Coffee Table	Side Table	Cedar Chest
1950's Geneva Kitchen Cabinet + Stainless Steel	Scheirich Kitchen Set	Dining Table w/ Chairs	12 piece Kitchen Set	Metal Cubby Locker
Vintage GE Royal Fridge	Take me away....	Shower Stall	Maxx Tubshower	Vintage Doors
Ornamental Metal Porch Columns	Salvaged Tongue & Groove Flooring	Vintage Soda Bottles

Recent Arrivals: Many of the same items

Pamper Yourself...	Stryofoam Insulation	Tin Ceiling	**BRAND NEW** Shower Glass Doors	Single Tile
Hardwood Flooring phenomenon	Carpet Tiles	Schoolhouse Slate

CJ Q&A

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Cozmo’s Message of the Week

Gonna get my WAG on tomorrow at Big Pour!