Crafts with Cork on YouTube

There are so many crafts you can do with cork - let your imagination run wild! We've created a few videos on YouTube to get you started with holiday themed crafts. If you have a wine cork collection, you can re-use these or else the corkstore.com has many for crafts including a grab bag of cork (a mixture of various sizes and shapes of cork).

Enjoy the videos and we hope it inspires you to create some holiday (or anytime) crafts using cork.

20% off sale at the corkstore.com

Recently, the corkstore.com - the online store for Jelinek Cork Group - was given a refreshing new look. To celebrate this new look as well as to wish everyone all the best as the holiday season begins, we are offering 20% off all orders over $25. You can order online at the corkstore.com or come visit us at the Cork House (our awesome show room in Oakville, Ontario). To take advantage of this sale, use promo code corkthanks11 when placing your order. This sale runs from today until Monday (November 28th).

Happy Holidays and we hope you enjoy your shopping experience at corkstore.com or the Cork House.

All aboard! Cork board sets sail.

When thinking of cork flooring, most of us think in the home - perhaps a living room or kitchen - but have you ever thought of cork for the flooring of your boat? Jan Cernik did. Boats and sailing are Jan's hobby. In 2008, when refurbishing his boat, he began looking for suitable ship board material for the deck. He considered all types of materials; from teak to various kinds of plastic. He even found materials containing cork however they were not exactly what he wanted or they were too expensive. His investigation into the material containing cork had him consider cork itself. In cooperation with the Czech office of Jelinek Cork, he tested a few possibilities of cork material. His final decision was to use cork sheets (90x60cm and 6mm thick) that were treated with oil as the ship board for the deck of the boat. The boat is on its second season on lakes and rivers and the cork works wonderfully and looks fabulous. Jan is now working on the renovation of another ship (from 1947) and he is ready to use cork again, for the deck of this boat.

Cork in an electric car

In cooperation with Korek Jelinek CZ a new prototype of an electric car was created - with the use of cork.

A team of three czech engineers created a new electric car - using cork material for the interior. The design team chose to use recycled and ecological materials so, in cooperation with Korek Jelinek CZ, they used cork for the seat pads, dashboard and the insides of the doors.

The team participated in a competition „ElectricMotion.cz“ and was tasked with creating a small, simple, attractive and ecological electric car for use in the cities. The newly designed electric car has received a very positive response.















For more details, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L6q5gBLLb4


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prcek/153572601342181


http://www.hybrid.cz/clanky/prcek-cesky-elektromobil-z-korku-kokosu