Neither Chris Jaworski nor Ernie Taylor has formal art training. What they know about sculpture they learned on their families’ farms: how to dismantle and repair equipment, how to use what’s on hand. Sometimes whimsical, sometimes abstract, sometimes startlingly realistic, their creations range from tabletop objects to statues more than 10 feet tall. Each artist brings a different philosophy to his creative process, but they have this in common: the vision to see something new emerging from something discarded.

Renee Sweany from Green Piece Indy newsletter is getting married in May at the Indianapolis City Market in a gown made by her mother from fabric from her grandmother’s wedding dress. She and her fiancé are looking forward to a room full of fresh-cut lilacs in bud vases used in a friend’s wedding.