One of the things we are most excited about is the ability to include the community in the process of making the temple. Building from refuse essentially allows any and every individual to collaborate in its creation passively, by donating interesting junk to be including in its fabrication.

There are a number of different materials we like. Please check this list to see specific items we are looking for at the moment.

LARGE JUNK a.k.a. “OBJETS D’ART”

Got an old car you want to get rid of? An ancient barn that is falling in on itself? A ton of windows, doors, or perhaps a giant victorian clock/chandelier/toilet? Well we want it.* We are working on our website but should soon have the ability to allow you to post up your stuff and see if we can use it. Meanwhile, go ahead and send on your junk offerings to basurasagrada@gmail.com

*…maybe. it will depend on whether you can get it to our workplace and whether it will fit into the overall design.

SMALL JUNK a.k.a. “OFFERINGS”

Perhaps you don’t have an old stained glass window or church steeple lurking in your garage. No worries: You can still offer something deeply personal to the temple project. In the past inscriptions were written on the lower levels of the temple during the event. That will still happen, but we would like to take that a step further, and give the citizens of Black Rock the opportunity to contribute both physically and emotionally to every level of the piece.

Much of Shrine’s work consists of repeated shapes that create an impact from the accumulated whole. To that end, we will be publishing a series of templates that can be cut out of cardboard, inscribed with your prayers, blessings, dreams and losses, and sent in over the coming months. These pieces will be used to form design elements and flourishes throughout the temple. We would love it if people could come together and create these shapes as groups and mail or hand-deliver them to us. Check back in a bit for examples of these templates, and for instructions on how to use them.