Hammond is on the Bishop City Council, while her other neighbor Johnny Pritchett is on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners. Dekker and her husband often work together preparing the cans, although she does the painting. They remove the old labels and glue, drill holes for the wire handles, then install the handles. She always uses recycled cans. Therese Dekker's crafts are displayed at her house at 4901 Main Street in Bishop on Thursday morning.
People love the fact they are recycled.
That's a big thing with a lot of people,'' she said. She spray paints the cans in the back yard under a pecan tree. It's all freehand. I don't use a stencil or anything like that,'' she said. People just go crazy over her stuff,'' said Dekker, who works at Sears in Athens.