Paul Cochrane, who became a full-time artist in June, turns bottle caps into art that is marketed under the name Beach House Bottlecap Art. Here, he pulls out a striper and a crab to show a customer.

Willem Volkersz first saw slides of Simon Rodia's folk art icon, Watts Towers, while he was an art student in Seattle, Washington. Watts Towers in Los Angeles is a group of structures as high as 99 ...