Whidbey News Times

Finding treasure in trash: An exhibition running from April 1 to May 8 is in conjunction with Whidbey Earth Ocean Month.

By Kira Erickson • April 15, 2022 1:30 am

..."​currently on display as part of “Rags, Rubbish, and Refuse,” an exhibition running from April 1 to May 8 at the Bayview Cash Store Hub Gallery in conjunction with Whidbey Earth & Ocean Month.
Participating artists have fabricated unique creations using shipping paper, plastic soda bottles, barbed wire, grocery bags, sardine cans, broken jewelry and in one case, an old utility pole."...
..."​Many of the other artists participating in “Rags, Rubbish, and Refuse” also rejoice in salvaging what others may see as junk, truly taking the adage “one woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure” to the next level.
“There’s a little bit of a crow scavenger thing that happens,” Karin Bolstad said with a laugh.
During the pandemic, she began drawing portraits of people on the back of paper bags she’d collected from the grocery store. What began as a 30-day challenge stretched into a year.
“When the show was being advertised, I thought that would be a perfect venue to hang them up,” she said.
During the past four years, she has been striving to live a zero-waste lifestyle, which means being mindful about what products she buys and mixing her own egg tempera paints."

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