We are a strong and dedicated team of creative reuse professionals who love diverting usable waste from the waste stream and making creative materials accessible to teachers, parents, kids, hobbyists, crafters, artisans, creative entrepreneurs and, well, everyone.
Hometown: Houston, TX
Current Residence: Humboldt County, CA
Been at SCRAP since: 2020
SCRAP expertise: Creative Reuse
Favorite store item: The Unexpected
Favorite creative reuse project: Making useful things also beautiful
What they’re up to off the clock: Family, fiber arts, human powered all terrain sculpture
racing
Kati Texas is a multi media artist whose works range from large scale murals and interactive installations to fine art sculptural landscapes and digital illustration. In Humboldt's Kinetic Grand Championship kinetic sculpture race, she is known as Rutabaga Queen Lotta Paintbuckets. Each summer she directs North Star Quest Camp, an empowering summer camp for middle school girls.
Hometown: Aliso Viejo, CA
Current Residence: Eureka
Been at SCRAP since: 2019
SCRAP expertise: Creating fun and colorful displays
Favorite store item: I love looking through old photos and thinking of all the forgotten stories behind them.
Favorite creative reuse project: Dismantling old jewelry to create new, unique things to wear.
What they’re up to off the clock: Working in the garden or in my art studio!
Hometown: Born in California, raised all over Oregon and Idaho.
Current Residence: Eureka, CA
Been at SCRAP since: 2018
SCRAP expertise: Dreaming up and executing fun projects that involve creative reuse. Networking with, and learning from our great community.
Favorite store item: Textiles and paper. Anything rusty, worn or weathered. Amateur art projects, finished or not.
Favorite creative reuse project: Using discarded objects for multi-media art projects.
What they’re up to off the clock: Sewing, crafting, drawing, painting, graphic design, hiking, sitting still, cooking, Kinetic Sculpture racing, and spending time
with family.
Jenna Catsos - Captain
Mir de Silva
Jourdan O’Hanen
Donna Luckey
Malou Bledsoe
Jourdan Farmer
Corin Balkovek
Maureen Hart
Alex Stillman
Jessy English-Johnson
Jill Moore
Patti Johnson
Ronnie Chausse
Suzie Fortner
Tibora Girczyc-Blum
Alicia Hamann
In Memoriam: Athena Rose & Therin Brooks
We count on your generosity as an individual, foundation, corporate sponsor, or partner.
You feel the creative, environmental, and educational love from SCRAP. You return the love by adding to our resources so we can share with others. It becomes a circle of love that keeps giving – to you, to us, and to the entire community.