Dawn Flores
multidisciplinary artist & educator
Salvaging for The Forest Project




Items Reclaimed
465' wide heart pine
600' rough sawn pine
500' narrow pine
600' clapboard
1 tin roof
12 corbels
12 doors
10 metal vents
1 refrigerator
3 truckloads of rocks
1 wooden mantle
1 granite mantel
1 truckload antiques
10 cases of glass
12 World War ll playing cards
20 antique marbles
4 light fixtures
3 porcelain sinks
2 rain gutters
1 lawnmower
Salvage Team
At the center of the forest sat a 150 year-old farmhouse, built in 1865 and then remodeled in the 20's and 50's. With permission from the Breeden Company, Arthur Woodward from Plain and Fancy Carpentry, trained volunteers in dismantling parts of the house and outbuildings. Artists worked for two months, taking down doors, light fixtures and hardware, salvaging wood floors and tin roofs, keeping usable resources from going to landfill. These resources will be repurposed by artists who performed the labor. They will be used for home improvement, making art and fundraising. Several items were dontated to Goodwill and the Visual Art Center.
Aurthur Woodward
Jack Johnson
Loni Eddy
Joel Eddy
Karen Wittich
Sven Arenander
Robert Metzfield
Jeannine Metzfield
Carlos Iga