Supply Store

The Rubble Art Supply Store is just like a thrift store: people donate their old art supplies, we price them at a big discount, put them on the shelf, and you get a great deal on supplies while divesting from capitalism by buying used and repurposing. The store is part of Eco Thrift and is located inside of it's location at 314 N. Howes Street at the back of the store by the tool section. All the money that you spend on used art supplies goes towards funding the operating costs of the art collective maker space. ​

The store is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm.​

If you have art supplies to donate, that's great! Read below and PLEASE follow our guidelines.

Donate your art supplies

Thanks for your donation of art supplies! PLEASE follow the guidelines below. 

  • Donations can be dropped off anytime during Eco Thrift open hours, Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-6 pm. 

  • All donated supplies must meet the following criteria to be accepted: clean, organized, not broken (unless easily fixable/still useful.  

  • No more than TWO boxes/bags of donations per visitor/group unless you have messaged art collective representatives in advance to receive approval. 

  • No small scraps of paper/fabric, dry paint/glue, empty containers unless jewelry quality (small decorative boxes), styrofoam, scrap wood or metal, glass/mirror. No bits and pieces of broken things, plastic, electronic components, etc! NO half finished projects or prefab boxed art projects.

  • • Glue: sticks, modge podge, elmers

    • Scissors

    • Tape

    • Ruler

    • Razor blades

    • Cutting mats

    • Colored papers—origami, construction & cover stock 

    • Cardstock

    • Envelopes

    • Gift type bags

  • • Yarn

    • Embroidery thread

    • Embroidery hoops

    • Needles

    • Knitting needles

    • Crochet hooks

    • Sewing thread

    • Sewing accessories: needles, bobbins, measuring tape, pins, etc.

    • Fabric: bolts, scraps

    • Ribbon

    • Buttons

    • Fabric markers

    • Fabric paint

    • Felting supplies

    • Leather, faux fur 

    • Looms & spinning wheels 

    • Sewing machines & accessories 

    • Patterns

    • Sewing Notions

    • Zippers

  • • Acrylic

    • Watercolor

    • Oil paint

    • Gouache

    • Encaustic

    • Sample-quart size of house paint, NO BEIGE 

    • Brushes, all sizes 

    • Easel

    • Canvas

    • Stretcher bars

    • Watercolor paper

    • Palette knives

  • • Paper of all types

    • Pencils

    • Colored pencils

    • Markers

    • Crayons

    • Oil pastels

    • Chalk pastels

    • Charcoal

    • Pencil sharpens

    • Erasures

    • Blending stumps

    • Sketchbooks

  • • Linoleum and printing blocks

    • Brayers and barens

    • Linoleum cutters

    • Block printing ink

  • • Beads

    • Rings

    • Findings

    • Clasps

    • Wire

    • Chain

    • Wire cutters

    Needle nose pliers

  • • Awl

    • Paper

    • Thread

    • Glue

    • Fabric

    • Cutting mat

    • Exacto Knives

    • Needles

  • • Corks

    • Shells

    • Magazinesg (good quality, good pictures)

    • Tiles, no broken shards of dishes

    • Feathers

    • Glitter/sequinsItem description

  • • Hand tools

    • Glaze

  • • Tools, equipment, screens

    • Emulsion

    • Ink

What we  do accept

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