Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 11/30/2016 6:37:06 PM
Patrick Cogan sees potential in rusty grain scoops, old buckets, vintage cheese graters, glass bottles, teacups and silverware.
“It’s like the old saying goes; one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” Cogan said at his home in Antrim on a recent Sunday afternoon.
Cogan, who is the owner of Recycled Illuminations and is also a music teacher at Great Brook School, repurposes tired items that he finds at the dump, various consignment shops, or is gifted from various businesses or departments.
He said he used to do wood carvings and while people would marvel at the items, they wouldn’t purchase the pieces, adding that there is no money in the craft.