🛠️ Living, Growing Project Store Launching Fall 2025. This is just the beginning. Our evolving collection of assemblage art, stories, and salvaged relics is still taking shape — a work-in-progress, like all good things. Curious about something you’ve seen? 📧 Reach out anytime: [your email here]

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🛠️ Living, Growing Project Store Launching Fall 2025. This is just the beginning. Our evolving collection of assemblage art, stories, and salvaged relics is still taking shape — a work-in-progress, like all good things. Curious about something you’ve seen? 📧 Reach out anytime: [your email here] *

📧 Reach out anytime: ArtbytheAshCan@proton.me

Art from the Ashcan

Not everything discarded is lost. Karin Dykman King transforms overlooked materials into bold, thought-provoking art—giving new life to what others leave behind. From collage prints to handcrafted creations, each piece is a testament to reinvention, creativity, and the beauty of second chances.

Explore. Reimagine. Rediscover.

Welcome to the Art of Reinvention

What if the things we throw away still have stories to tell? Karin Dykman King transforms discarded materials into bold, thought-provoking art, proving that beauty exists in the overlooked and the forgotten. Through creativity, sustainability, and a deep respect for the world around us, she breathes new life into what others leave behind. Explore a world where trash becomes treasure, function meets imagination, and every piece has a second chance to shine.

What is Assemblage Art?

Assemblage art is the creative act of bringing found, discarded, or everyday objects together into new, expressive forms. Like a 3D collage, it tells stories through texture, material, and memory.

Karin’s figurines, sculptures, and hybrid works are all examples of this practice. Each piece is handcrafted from salvaged materials—like wire from alleys, fabric from thrift shops, or buttons from forgotten drawers—giving trash a second life and voice.

In Karin’s hands, a cork becomes a crown, a spring becomes a spine, and a scrap of string becomes a symbol. Her assemblage pieces aren’t just art—they’re reinvention made visible.

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Figurines

Every figurine is a one-of-a-kind creation, handcrafted from reclaimed materials and discarded treasures. Karin breathes new life into forgotten objects, transforming them into expressive, whimsical, or eerie figures with personality and depth. Whether you want a bespoke keepsake, a quirky conversation piece, or a miniature sculpture infused with meaning, these figurines tell stories through upcycled artistry.

Sculpture

Karin’s sculptures turn waste into wonder, repurposing salvaged metal, wood, and found objects into striking, thought-provoking art. Each piece is crafted with intention, blending raw textures and bold forms to create sculptures that challenge perspectives and celebrate the beauty in discarded materials. No two sculptures are alike—each one is a statement, a reinvention, and a reflection of sustainable creativity.

Gallery

Multimedia Hybrid

Artwork

Lending reclaimed materials, natural elements, and unconventional media, Karin’s Multimedia Hybrid Artwork challenges the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and assemblage. Each piece is a fusion of textures, colors, and forgotten objects, transformed into something entirely new. By incorporating materials like cobweb paint, salvaged wood, rusted metal, and vintage ephemera, these works evoke both history and reinvention—celebrating the beauty in decay and the art of second chances.