Recycling found objects into garden art

Jul 31, 2013

Recycling found objects into garden art

Barbara Haddock Taylor 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun art, Baltimore, recycling

Sherrill Cooper, a Finksburg artist, has filled her garden with sculptures and pieces made from found objects. View photos of Cooper’s art.

: Artist Sherrill Cooper, who has made sculptures and decorations from found objects for her garden, sits on steps in a garden path. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is the koi pond at the front of the house in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper, who has made sculptures and decorations from found objects. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a spider web made from discarded coat hangers and plastic animals. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: These are metal bird sculptures in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a home for damaged garden animals, featuring a painted doll house in the background. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Artist Sherrill Cooper stands on her porch with the koi pond in the background. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: A view of the koi pond includes many art objects. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: A group of herbs sits in an old chair in the garden. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a display of old tools in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper.(Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a bottle tree in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Artist Sherrill Cooper, who has made sculptures and decorations from found objects, sits with her most complicated creation, which is a fountain made of watering cans. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a fountain in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper, who has made sculptures and decorations from found objects. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a decoration on a pillar in the garden. Water drips from an air conditioner and falls through the watering cans into the flower pot. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This old ladder, decorated with various planters, is in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a display of porcelain doorknobs that look like flowers in the garden of artist Sherrill Cooper. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a wooden compass made with tree branches and wooden clothespins. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

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