Found & Altered

06/16/2026

🍄 FLASH SALE! Tomorrow only, get 20% OFF tickets to our Magical Mushroom Lamp Workshop on June 20th!

No code needed—the discount applies automatically at checkout.⏰ When: Wednesday, June 17, from 8:00 AM until Midnight. Don't miss out!

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06/16/2026

Every workshop begins much the same way. We walk into a room full of strangers. Everyone gets their materials, learns the skill, and begins making. Before long, conversations start. Ideas are exchanged. Laughter erupts. By the end of the afternoon, each person leaves with something they've made from the heart, new friends, and the memory of having shared a rich experience with other curious creators.

Community is what happens when we do what we love together.

We'd love for you to join us
📅 June 20, 2026
🕛️ 12 noon - 5:00 pm
📍 Bloomz Wholesale
2214 Devine St. Columbia, SC

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06/15/2026

🎪 ATTENTION INVENTORS, TINKERERS, DREAMERS, SONS, DAUGHTERS, & DADS! 🎪

Just in time for Father's Day!

Witness the marvel of the glowing woodland mushroom lamp!

Fashioned by your own hands from humble materials and uncommon imagination!

Join the Found & Altered School of Craft for Wayward Adults as we gather for an afternoon of creativity, camaraderie, and mild enchantment.

🍄✨ Saturday, June 20 • 12pm–5pm
🍄✨ Bloomz Wholesale
🍄✨ 2214 Devine Street, Columbia, SC

No prior wizardry required.

Reserve your seat before they vanish into the forest mist.

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06/11/2026

Attention Wayward Adults:

Beginning immediately, every workshop attendee is automatically entered into a drawing for a free future workshop.

At each workshop, one lucky maker will be selected and awarded a seat in a future class of their choosing.

No forms.

No secret handshake.

Just show up and make something.

— Found & Altered
School of Craft for Wayward Adults

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05/29/2026

It's the tips, tricks, and techniques that make a work of art astounding. At the Found & Altered School or Craft for Wayward Adults we don't mind sharing them. In fact is't in our DNA to share all we can.

Welcome to the Found & Altered School of Craft for Wayward Adults Sharing the great magic of the world thru creativity! At the Found & Altered School of Craft for Wayward Adults we believe you can create the most magical and intriguing artifacts the

05/29/2026

Here's an article about a dress made from a 1700's shipwreck. Fascinating!

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/05/aalto-university-shipwreck-wood-knit-dress/

04/29/2026

The hand-forged crank will work well with the Rock Amp.

04/28/2026

I have assembled all the needed parts:
1. The box which will contain the crank-driven mechanism, made from old fence wood.
2. The speaker (seen here without the paper "skin" applied). Note: the ball will help hold the sticks in place as I apply the paper.
3. The pin gears which wil allow the crank to turn the rock.
4. The spring-loaded skewer which will allegedly maintain pressure against the rock.
5. The turntable for the rock to sit on.
6. The box back which includes the top part that holds the spring-loaded skewer and the speaker
7. And, of course, the axles that will drive the gears (still have to come up with the crank).

Wish me luck!

04/28/2026

The hypothesis is this:

Can I make a hand cranked turntable that you can lay a rock on, spin the rock, and hear the sound that the rock's vibrations make?

I would use the ole Stick and Paper method that I use to build lamps to make a gramophone-type speaker.

04/28/2026

I wondered if I could make a Rock Amp. The initial sketch was just awful! But I have learned that the initial sketch does NOT need to be a work of art.