The Age of Disposable Things | The Sawdust & Soda Cans Story (Chapter 1)
The Age of Disposable Things
by the makers behind Sawdust & Soda Cans
Most things today are designed to be replaced.
But not everything.
Some materials deserve better—and some people refuse to forget that.
Chapter 1 of 9
Once upon a time, people made things to last.
Tables that survived generations.
Tools that outlived their owners.
Jewelry that carried stories longer than the people who wore it.
Then something changed.
Factories learned how to make things faster.
Stores learned how to sell them cheaper.
And somewhere along the way the world decided that temporary was good enough.
Products weren’t built to last anymore.
They were built to sell.
Furniture that wobbled before the second move.
Clothes that unraveled after a season.
Tools that snapped the moment you actually needed them.
The new rule of the marketplace became simple:
Why repair something…
when you can just buy another one?
Mountains of discarded things grew quietly behind the convenience.
Most people stopped noticing.
But not everyone.
Some materials deserve better.
Some people still believed objects should have weight, history, and purpose.
Some people still believed that materials deserved better than a landfill.
Some people still believed in making things with their own hands.
This is the story of two of them.
And the workshop where sawdust and soda cans refused to die.
But that story didn’t begin in a workshop.
It began with a bag of balloons.
Follow the Story
Over the next several weeks we’ll be sharing the full origin story of Sawdust & Soda Cans here on the blog.