Title: Walnut Chest
Artist: John Nairn
Media Type: Furniture
Artist Statement: Rather than discarding an unwieldy walnut chest (circa 1880), I recovered its walnut (the top was a solid 18" wide plank) and recycled into a new walnut chest with better scaling. The contrasting side panels were from original hardwood drawer bottoms (maybe butternut); the only new wood was for the current posts that needed to be longer and thicker than any pieces available from the original.

Title: Salvage
Artist: Mark Kerstens
Media Type: Wood Art
Artist Statement: This piece is made of salvaged logs from the forest and a discarded pallet.

Title: A portrait of an indecisive painter
Artist: Jane Van Zee
Media Type: Paper
Artist Statement: My mom went to Sherwin Williams a billion times while painting the inside and outside of our home. These are just a few of the paint chips that came home with her. I turned the discarded paper into a collage.

Title: Soon to be Archaeology
Artist: Vincent Drew
Media Type: Mixed Media Collage
Artist Statement: 'Soon to be Archaeology' is a mixed media collage created by combining materials found on the sidewalks of my neighborhood.

Title: Corona Trash Art
Artists: Elizabeth Bruch, Kimberly Bruch, and Oscar Romo
Media Type: Glass and metal sculpture
Artist Statement: Receiving the "Most Creative" award for the UCSD COVID-19 Data Challenge, this piece made from repurposed materials, represents both the biological structure of COVID-19 as well the increase of residential trash in the City of Chula Vista during the pandemic.

Title: Coffee Sack Pillows
Artist: Nathan Ryan
Media Type: Burlap
Artist Statement: I found these burlap coffee sacks in Kansas City at my favorite coffee roasters, the Roasterie. I made them into pillow covers (with the help of my mom and her sewing machine).