I love junk. 

Old things have a story, a shape. 

Sometimes things tell their own tale, and sometimes I can help them tell a new one.

I am officially "can crazy". 

The tin can is so common, so overlooked. 
You see them everywhere.  A humble cast off, a resource.  I fish them from recycling bins, friends and strangers collect them for me, and inspired restaurants save special pieces especially for my art.

I am excited to be creating an example of enlightened re-use. This simple item transformed our society and now I transform it with my torch.

Each piece is an original, cut free hand.  I choose patterns from nature and tapestry.  With my flame I create these shapes, cutting ornate forms into the can.

The result is reincarnated, illuminated beauty. 
And perhaps, a conversation about recycling...

- Gina Nash