第3102期:The Art of Upcycling

It is a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging reuse in our community, providing affordable materials to artists and teachers and all creative minds in the area.这是一个非营利组织，致力于在社区中鼓励废物再利用，为艺术家、教师和该地区所有有创造力的人提供价格低廉的材料。I learned about creative reuse centers over a decade ago, and they really sparked something in me,我在十多年前就了解了创造性再利用中心，它们真的激发了我的灵感，because I'd always been a creative reuse artist, but I didn't know there was a name for it really and there was a community for it.因为我一直是一个创造性再利用艺术家，但我不知道这种行为有名字，也不知道还有一个专门的社区。When I was a lot younger, one of the first inspirations I had was someone was throwing away this baking tin.小时候，我的一次灵感来源于这个别人扔掉的烘焙罐头。And I was like, don't throw that away, I could do something with that.我想，别扔掉，我可以用它做点什么。I didn't know what, but we drilled a hole in the middle and turned it into a clock.我也不知道能做什么，但我们在中间钻了个洞，把它变成了一个钟。I called it my cupcake clock. I like to do a lot of CD mosaics.我把它叫做纸杯蛋糕钟。我喜欢用CD打造马赛克。I did a series of all the local colleges that people seem to really like, and it's on an old like pantry door that got discarded.我用它们做了一系列当地大学的标识，大家似乎都很喜欢，这些作品被画在一扇废弃的老旧食品储藏室门上。And I also make tiny little earrings out of paper like maps, music paper, old books, things like that.我还用地图、乐谱用纸、旧书之类的做小耳环。We are just outside of Leesburg, Virginia, which is kind of the keystone of Loudoun County.我们就在弗吉尼亚州的利斯堡郊外，那里是劳顿县的重点位置。And it is a wonderful community that embraces arts and small businesses.这是一个很棒的社区，它接纳艺术和小型企业。Donations come in very willingly, all kinds of things, fabrics, sewing notions, paper, office supplies, lots of creative things that kids like to use like pompoms and buttons and pipe cleaners.捐赠物品纷至沓来，种类繁多，有布料、缝纫用品、纸张、办公用品，还有很多孩子们喜欢用的创意物品，比如绒球、纽扣和管道清洁剂。All kinds of materials that might otherwise go to the waste, we take in and we try to find a new home for them.我们回收了那些别人会扔掉的材料，并试图为它们找到新的用处。Our center attracts a wide range of people, ages and coming for all types of reasons.我们中心吸引了形形色色的人，年龄各异，来访目的各不相同。Alright Sonya, so what have you made today? I made a house like with flowers and apples and cookies. Is that where the house would go? Yes, but it is a little big.索尼娅，你今天做了什么？我用鲜花、苹果和饼干做了一座房子。这就是那个房子吗？是的，但它有点大。