The saying "One man's junk is another man's treasure" is something Dani Herrera puts into action every time she creates art.

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The Herreras’ work is eclectic and creative in its use of found materials, including sometimes candy wrappers, dryer lint, or pet hair, which are used to fashion portraits of recognizable celebrities or other interesting subjects. No painting or drawing, just manipulation of varied, disparate materials into exquisite and exciting designs. Dani Herrera likes to say, “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” and her work proves that point. Jose is a sculptor, creating a wide variety of interesting characters. Dahlia is a young artist with her own talents.

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"I make art out of trash. I like to use candy wrappers, old clothes, books, dryer lint even human and pet hair. Almost anything that may seem as junk I like to give it a new recycled life," states Dani. "I don't paint or draw and this will cause a person to look twice and realize that my work is more than what it would originally appear to be."

 

Dani loves using every one of the viewer's senses when experiencing her are - including touching!  

 

"Touching is usually not encouraged when looking at art but with my work, I encourage it."