Story behind the sculptures
Bill died in September of 2017. For the next 20 months, we cleared out 200 tons of scrap, both ferrous and non-ferrous and 27 tons of garbage. Dozens of tools and hundreds of treasures went to people all over the state and even as far north as British Columbia. Bill’s...
Cooper Woodworks
My name is Ian Cooper. Each piece of furniture that I design and craft is a complete one-of-a-kind. Every slab of wood has different characteristics that inform the design, and guide my hand while shaping it into a unique piece of art that I am proud to introduce to...
Open House
First Annual Pelington Village Open House was held Saturday October 19, 2019 and was a huge success. About 60 people came and spent quite a long time, visiting tenants eating snacks, schmoozing. The sculptures shown below are quite wonderful and very distinct. We had...
Seattle Times Feature
The Seattle Times featured an article entitled "Close to South Lake Union’s high-tech bustle, a retired recycler runs a blue-collar preserve" on May 3, 2019. You can read the entire article which tells our story online. NOTE: Sooz you can decide what more you want to...
Wake Up America
In 2003, Bill and I joined millions of others in this country and around the world. We all took to the streets demanding that former President G.W. Bush not invade Iraq. All of us were ignored. Bush invaded Iraq, in spite of all the opposition. Bill had a sense that...