Art At The Dump

About a month ago I was asked to be involved with a project

to create art from what could be found at the local dump. 

Living in a small community, we don't have garbage pick up, 

everyone takes their own garbage, and recycling items to the dump. 

The dump has a separate metal section

 as well as a section with lots of wood bits.

Attached to the building that holds the recycled items

there is a free store where items that are not garbage are put,

 and people can take them if they need them.

It is actually a pretty busy place with people not only bringing items,

but also picking up items that they may need

- especially since the closest hardware store is 100 miles away.

I spent some time there and found this old medicine cabinet 

that I thought I could turn into something.

So I scrubbed it down, hammered out a few dents and gave it a coat of paint. 

I also found some corks, a box of dominoes, a roll of paper, egg cartons,

 some old sewing patterns, used light bulbs and some pieces of wood 

that I used as the bases to create a variety of little items. 

I added some ink, paint, glue and some drawings from my supply at home

 to complete the pieces.

I also made some little bowls by shaping some mushed up egg carton pulp around a ball I found at the dump, and decorated them with coloured sewing patterns. 

There is more to this story, 

as I also spent a day at the dump 

getting community members to make items 

that were put on the shelves in the cabinet that became

a cabinet of curiosities.

Pictures of how it all came together will be posted soon...... I promise.