For the third year in a row Quikrete is running their One Bag Wonder Competition, where entrants design and build something using one bag of their product.
First prize is $2,500. Second prize is $1,500. Third prize is $500. Fourth prize is a big bag of nothing.
Here's a look at some of the entries from last year's competition:
And I don't want to malign the winner, but a big reason I'm posting this entry is because I'm certain a talented Core77 reader will have a good chance of winning, based on the entry that won last year:
Competition details are here.
To the author who wrote this article, thank you for featuring my work. I believe you should credit each person's work in this article.
Agreed, he should give credit.
Is the fifth one from the top, a footrest / floor-mat made with literally just the bag of quikrete?
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