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30 / 07 / 2007
After doing a breakfast at Carriage works as part of Saturday Indesign Expo last weekend in Sydney, I took a look around the expo. It was here that I was lucky enough to meet the Brisbane designer Marc Harrison.
Marc has created a wide range of products under the brand of “Husque” using recycled macadamia nut shell composite. After the macadamia kernels are removed, the discarded shells are milled into fine particles, melded with a polymer, and the final product is formed into beautiful and useful objects.
The extremely innovative and recycled Husque range includes small bowls, trays, platters and vases all made from shells of macadamia nuts. Each piece strikingly represents in someway or another the characteristic of a macadamia nut.
With an estimated 4 million macadamia trees throughout the country, the industry produces 7 grades of macadamia nuts as well as macadamia nut oil which is exported right around the world. So given the amount of macadamia nuts which are cracked and dehusked each year, Marc has really found a sustainable bi-product which can be recycled.
Learn more about Husque and Marc Harrison at www.husque.com
