"Cottage with Trees" Reclaimed Materials Hoop DioramaHome. A little cottage nestled between trees, with a welcoming fire in the hearth, smoke curling from the chimney and into the sky. Made entirely with recycled tin cans (mostly baked beans), recycled newspapers, bits of wire and reclaimed wood, this diorama will remind you of summer vacations, year round. Sarah Jane Brown is a lifelong artist from North Northumberland, UK, just south of Scotland, with a long coast along the North Sea. As Sarah says,