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It is a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging reuse in our community, providing affordable materials to artists and teachers and all creative minds in the area.

这是一个非营利组织，致力于鼓励社区的再利用，为艺术家、教师和该地区所有有创造力的人提供负担得起的材料。

I learned about creative reuse centers over a decade ago, and they really sparked something in me,

十多年前，我了解了创造性再利用中心，它们确实激发了我的灵感，

because I’d always been a creative reuse artist,

因为我一直是一个创造性再利用艺术家，

but I didn’t know there was a name for it really and there was a community for it.

但我不知道它有一个真正的名字，也不知道它有一个社区。

When I was a lot younger, one of the first inspirations I had was someone was throwing away this baking tin.

当我还很年轻时，我的第一个灵感来源于扔掉的烘烤听罐。

And I was like, don’t throw that away, I could do something with that.

我说，不要把它扔掉，我可以用它做点什么。

I didn’t know what, but we drilled a hole in the middle and turned it into a clock.

我不知道能做什么，但我们在中间钻了一个洞，把它变成了一个钟。

I called it my cupcake clock.

我把它叫做小蛋糕钟。

I like to do a lot of CD mosaics.

我喜欢做很多CD马赛克。

I did a series of all the local colleges that people seem to really like,

我做了一系列当地人似乎很喜欢的当地大学的CD马赛克，

and it’s on an old like pantry door that got discarded.

就在一扇废弃的旧厨房门上。

And I also make tiny little earrings out of paper like maps, music paper, old books, things like that.

我还会用纸做小耳环，比如地图、乐谱纸、旧书等等。

We are just outside of Leesburg, Virginia which is kind of the keystone of Loudoun County.

我们就在弗吉尼亚州的利斯堡外，利斯堡是劳登县的重点地区。

And it is a wonderful community that embraces arts and small businesses.

这是一个包容艺术和小企业的美好社区。

Donations come in very willingly, all kinds of things, fabrics, sewing nations, paper, office supplies,

捐款是自愿的，各种各样的东西、布料、缝纫用具、纸张、办公用品，

lots of creative things that kids like to use like pompoms and buttons and pipe cleaners.

还有孩子们喜欢用的很多有创意的东西，比如绒球、纽扣和管道清洁器。

All kinds of materials that might otherwise go to the waste, we take in and we try to find a new home for them.

所有可能会被浪费的材料，我们都要接受，并努力为它们找到一个新家。

Our center attracts a wide range of people, ages and coming for all types of reasons.

我们的中心吸引了各种各样的人以及各个年龄段的人，他们来这里的原因也很不同。

Alright Sonya, so what have you made today?

好了，索尼娅，你今天做了什么?

I made a house like with flowers and apples and cookies.

我用花、苹果和饼干做了一个房子。

Is that where the house would go?

房子会建在那里吗?

Yes, but it is a little big.

是的，但是它有点大