When Laurel Roth Hope left the quiet stretches of rural Sonoma County for San Francisco more than two decades ago, she felt disoriented by the maze of noise and concrete.
That is, until she noticed the birds thriving in the urban environment, building their nests with whatever they could forage from the city streets.
Hope, a former park ranger, took a note from the birds. She began collecting salvaged materials — things like yarn, wood and industrial acrylic paint that she found in scrapyards — and transforming the discarded items into art…