Trash As Art, Aurora

It all started with a napkin, as Satya Wimbish tells it. One night, she was doodling on a napkin—then another, then another—and she was inspired to arrange them all into a larger collage piece, using only found materials and her colorful imagination. From there, her passion for creating art while upcycling, recycling, and even dumpster diving took off. At Trash As Art, her charming studio, she works on commissioned pieces and has become Oscar the Grouch's favorite artist. She also leads workshops to help folks make their own trash into treasured works of art.