Let's Go To Goodwill !

In my post about the Master Gardener Plant Sale I admitted that I didn't have time to snap pictures of all the vendors participating in the sale. That's true, but before the sale opened I did have time to stop by Barb Bass' venue and I fell in love with her work!

Barb is from Goodwill, Louisiana.  Bet you didn't know there was such a place; me either!  Barb says you go over to Monroe and then up to Bastrop. From there you head out toward Mer Rouge and along the way you will come to a four way intersection, and that's Goodwill.

This is where you can find Barb and ooli, her garden metal works hobby.  ooli stands for "only one like it". Barb uses a plasma cutter to create unusual garden art from recycled materials.  All her designs are hand drawn.  She says, "I draw with fire," explaining the flamed art work on her card. 

Here are some examples of her work:

These old rusted shovel heads are adorned with the most delicate scroll work!! Some include delicate butterflies and hummingbirds.  Her patterns have a lace like quality.

More scroll work makes these pieces a fabulous addition to any garden.

Talk about recycle and repurpose... the flowers on the left were cut from an old clothes dryer and the picket fence started life as a car hood!

What an unusual planter this old water cooler became!

Barb says that Goodwill boasts a great steak dinner and noontime meal served at the Goodwill General Store.  Shopping and eating.....sounds like a road trip to me!!

You can contact Barb at home (318-428-2226) or on her cell (318-372-2678). She can send you more pictures of her work, or give you directions to her workshop.

Love ya'll, 

Shelli

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
 ~Amy Lowell