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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
S. Nicole Lane

Waste not — the miraculous 2nd (and 3rd) lives of unwanted objects

Artist and facilitator Susan Gomez leads a group of participants through the collaging process at the WasteShed. | The WasteShed (The WasteShed)

No one makes something out of nothing, and creativity is often nothing more than recognizing the potential in one thing to become something else.

There’s a long tradition of artists not just using found objects in their work (think Marcel Duchamp or Robert Rauschenberg), but specifically salvaging materials and things that had been destined for the landfill and helping them find new life.

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