Their mission is simple: "Turning useless into useful." Alchemy Goods' bags represent one less part of our world destroyed. Constructed from used inner tubes from Seattle bike shops along with parts from local junkyards, all of their products have the highest possible recycled content, while being superbly functional and aesthetically pleasing. Each bag is assembled by hand in their workshop, so no two bags are exactly the same.
WHO ARE YOU? Eli Reich, Owner, Founder and Jack of all Trades
1. PICK A NUMBER 1 THROUGH 10. GO. 9
2. WHAT'S THE ODDEST THING IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR? My compost bin
3. WHAT'S A PRODUCT YOU WISH YOU'D THOUGHT UP? The bicycle
4. USE THE WORD "BAFFLEGAB" IN A SENTENCE. Overheard at the distribution warehouse: "Without getting a new bafflegab, we’ll never get this forklift working!"
5. WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE? Discarding anything that is possibly useful.
6. HAVE YOU EVER FELT COMPELLED TO BUY A BILLY MAYS PRODUCT? (YOU KNOW, OXICLEAN, HERCULES HOOKS...) I bought one of the cleaning products, to see if it could clean stains out of old seatbelts. It turns out it didn't work.
7. I'M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT …bickering politicians. It's a love hate relationship really. I'm very interested in politics, but always a bit disappointed that it's so difficult to work together towards common goals.
8. WHAT'S THE FUNNIEST NICKNAME YOU'VE GIVEN OR BEEN GIVEN? I can’t type it here. It's rated R.
9. IF YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU DO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I'd be working in the field of wind energy. So many facets of the wind turbine are appealing to me from the interesting mechanical challenges, to the social implications.
10. WE'RE FISHIN' FOR SOME NEW MUSIC, SO WHAT BAND(S) DO YOU LOVE RIGHT NOW?
The Avett Brothers are really doing it for me right now.
The Avett Brothers
