Jan Golik makes art out of junk. Literally.  Stuff she finds in spare lots, in the ditches along the road, in dumpsters as well as broken pottery and other castoff and broken things friends bring to her.  Yesterday I went to her studio and did a shopping spree. About the only place I have left for wall art is in the doggie domain, the room I added on to my house for my dogs to sleep and eat it.  They have their own mini fridge and cupboard unit with bins for dry food, drawers for cans, shelves and drawer for other doggie stuff such as tennis balls, leashes, toys, med. Now they’ll have their own little gallery. I already have two animal masks up. They’ll be joined by these fun pieces by Jan:

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Another cat–a memorial to Roo, who disappeared from our world a month ago.

A lost heel becomes an owl. A piece of ripped rubber, a black dog. So fun.

The cat is made of melted and broken CD’s

The two palm people are actually wall pieces and the two little insect creatures will probably roam about in my house a bit.

Friends bring her their broken pottery and she sees worlds in it.