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Original painting by Kristi Holohan of Oakland. This piece was completed on a piece of salvaged wood, which looks like a piece of plywood that became drift wood... The rounded corners look very naturally worn by water. Very nice use of metallic paint to create the golden skyline. $40

By David Nyquist, an Oakland artist. A globe designed using a single string of wire, then suspended on a mechanic's lamp. $60

Dan Caven is a San Rafael and Oakland-based artist with a mission to liberate paint, rescue trash, and illuminate gas—all at the same time, when necessary. 750-

Stencil art by Jeremiah Bal, painted on a reclaimed wooden cutting board. One of one. 45-

This fellow received the most attention at our opening.

Framed original stencil art. Medium is reclaimed grocery store promotional banner, hand-made frame and reclaimed telephone cord for mounting. The painting stands 5-ft high including frame. Hobo is offered in a limited edition of ten and signed by Miah (Jeremiah). Price is $350 or what you can afford. Please email us for more details.

1 of 10 sold today priced at $150 because that is what the customer could afford. Soon to be available 2 of 10.

Art by David Nyquist, a Dimond District (Oakland) resident who lives but blocks from Fernseed. Beautiful. Thank you for taking trash and making them beautiful, David! Small 250- and Large 275-.

Fernseed support artists who use landfill-destined materials, one of our primary goals.

This is a beautiful piece of work by Dan Caven, who is an artist featured currently at Fernseed. He uses all reclaimed materials (trash ) (note paint can and large nail).  Dan is part of the Crucible and creates his own illuminated gas lamps for his art. I love this piece. Personally, I call it "Lady Justice Out of Balance." Incredibly beautiful. 750-

This is my favorite of Dan Caven's work, currently featured at Fernseed. It is part of his Found Objects collection. The frame is a reclaimed broken window...

Why we love Dan? Because his mission is "to liberate paint, rescue trash, and illuminate gas--all at the same time, when necessary."

We heart reclamation artists.

To see more of Dan's work, please visit DanCaven.com.

1 of 1 original art is available for 450-

Dan Caven is part of Crucible... I have four pieces at my store. He is amazing. Work with neon is not easy. Please stop by to check it out. Beautiful art, and all used materials!

This series of three I named Rock, Paper, Scissors for very good reasons. Each piece has a very profound story behind each one. Instead of repeating too much info, you can read more about this on my Facebook Blog.

But to summarize, the first is a slate rock I found in a tree that was thrown hundreds of feet into the air because we dynamited our mountains to create freeways.

The second is reclaimed test tube of sand and rocks from Northern Colorado, but it was from a company that was either mining or testing our Earth. It's very old.

The third is from the same box of rocks I rescued right before it went to the landfill. This person drilled holes in some rocks... Which leads me to believe he was an archeologist or geologist. The domino was his pastime, obviously. He had all the drilling materials. That rock is crystal with either gold or pyrite attached... Interesting how those two can form together, given the requirements for them to develop.

No longer for sale.

Interior design wood samplers hand-stenciled using reclaimed shelf liner and new paint . Signed by the artist. $24

Additional details can be found on my Facebook profile.

Right one sold. Left one still available.

Pre-own graffiti art by artist Curve of San Francisco. This one is called "Love," and it is quite funny. A bit on the R-rated side though, due to the tad of profanity used when describing his opinion on the topic of  love (I'm laughing as I am writing this). You must see it to understand why it's so funny. Originally purchased at a San Francisco gallery, the art is now available at Fernseed. $375

Left: Framed art created with vintage cards and reclaimed wooden frames. Hand-made by artist David Nyquist to express his view of an oiled war world. $45 each or $120 for the set.

Old vinyl records and beat-up clocks were reclaimed by artist Jeremiah Bal and repurposed into functional art clocks.  Each clock is hand-painted by the artist, making them unique. $75

No monkey business about these either. Sample tiles rescued from going to the trash and were individually hand-painted by Bal to create functional Monkey Art Coasters (set of 4 for $45), Monkey Flask ($18), and Monkey Graffiti Notebooks ($30-$60).

(sorry, we have no more monkey coasters available, for now.)

The above Hoop Lanterns were designed by John and created from reclaimed abandoned Burning Man objects (hula hoops and assorted fabric).

Fernseed welcomes David Nyquist, the latest artist to join our Art Project Reclamation team. David is a Dimond District artist who works with reclaimed and found objects, mostly with metal. David's first collection of work is now available for viewing and/or purchase at the Fernseed shop. More art and information about David to follow soon.

These 4-ft tall reclaimed metal art pieces are suspended from the ceiling using reclaimed ethernet cable. (As a practice, we try to use only reclaimed, outdated cables to suspend large art.)

Each piece is $375 or $1,200 for the set.

Original stencil art on reclaimed wood by Jeremiah Bal, who stenciled from a scene he photographed while living in Mexico. Each artwork is hand-painted by Bal and will be offered as a limited edition on various reclaimed mediums. $350

Artist Jeremiah Bal was given a HUGE challenge. He was asked to create portraits of real people in stencil art format on reclaimed material. Look at the amazing result! This is a portrait of Kai, painted on a wooden drawer base reclaimed from a discarded desk. Original Art Portraits by commission only.  Email us for more information.