Thanks Ellen Cunningham for sending us this cute picture of her sister’s work!

Wouldn’t it be great if some of the smaller towns in Washington could have recycling sheds like the one in Hancock, N.H.? My sister-in-law, Kim Cunningham, has a new mission in life - to rescue stuff in the recycling shed and turn it into art. Unlike the San Francisco artists, who apply for the position, are paid, etc. Kim, who is a full-time artist, does this for fun! She has created dozens of art pieces, most of which can be displayed on the wall. The recycling shed is open 12 hours a week and volunteers are there to screen the in-coming stuff. In a newspaper article about Kim, she noted that dump-goers enjoy discovering that things they had taken to the recycling shed or scrap pile were being put to good use. Here is a dump art project she designed for my horse-loving daughter.