They may look like five ordinary wheelie bins on an Old Trafford street, but take a closer look and you'll discover a series of tiny art galleries brimming with recycled treasures.
Inside each bin is one or more miniature worlds, called dioramas, made from objects that might otherwise have been thrown away.
Every scene was made by ordinary people from Old Trafford.
Whilst one offers an intimate peak into the life of Arabella the wise woman, complete with a book of herbal potions and frog and turtle familiars, another remembers the story of Gef the talking mongoose, an unlikely tale from the Isle of Man.
A secret garden is home to two fairies with an uncanny likeness to singer Taylor Swift, and yet another scene pays homage to the northern folktale of Granny Greenteeth, a terrifying apparition based on supernatural creature the grindylow, who scared young children away from murky ponds and streams.
The dioramas were created during weekly workshops at high street community arts centre OT Creative Space. They were led by Old Trafford folk artist Rosie Antiszko and supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Part of a project called Reclaimed Narratives, nothing new was bought for their creation. Every scene is made from repurposed or found items, including broken jewellery, recycled fabric, old ornaments, magazine pages and natural materials including twigs and leaves.
The idea for the novel mobile galleries was suggested by a workshop participant, who recalled a Facebook post about artist Bethany Evans' homemade 'bin gallery'. Bethany was, in turn, influenced by American artist Sunday Nobody's 'dumpster art gallery'.
The transformation of each of the five large sized bins began by cutting rectangular holes in their sides and then sealing them with heavy perspex windows. Platforms were built inside each bin to support the dioramas.
Finally, an information label was pasted on the underside of each lid, and people will be encouraged to raise the bin lid to find out more about the artists and their imagined worlds. A torch on a string has also been attached to each bin gallery, enabling people to take a closer peek inside.
The bins, which had each reached the end of their lives and were due to be recycled, were donated by One Trafford.
Rosie said: "Every one of these dioramas has been handmade with a huge amount of love and attention from items that would otherwise have ended up in the garbage.
"That is why these wheelie bins are the perfect little street art galleries to house these very special recycled artworks."
The artist said her colourful childhood was behind her fascination with folk art and folk tales from around the world.
"All my work as an artist is inspired by folk tales," she said. "I was born in Old Trafford, to Italian and Ukrainian parents who were both amazing storytellers.
"So my childhood was full of these amazing stories, and I love to share them with people and encourage them to think back to the stories they were told and magical worlds they inhabited as children.
"These dioramas bring some of those ideas and memories to life, with the wheelie bins offering windows on those intimate worlds."
Frances Jackson has been attending sessions at OT Creative Space for over three years. Her diorama, called Arabella Wisewoman Witch, was one of the first to be completed.
She said: "When we first started thinking about what we would put in our dioramas, Rosie asked us to open up the doors to our childhood.
"A strong memory came back to me of a page in a book of fairytales with a ramshackle cottage in the woods. I then thought about how my ancestors had been farm labourers and that my mum knew all the names of wildflowers and used to take me blackberry picking and the character of Arabella and her world developed from there.
"She's nearly finished, but the final touches are going to a miniature book I have made about foraging, and some fresh herbs hanging up on hooks."
Lynda Sterling, founder, OT Creative Space, which is on Ayres Road, Old Trafford, said: "Reclaimed Narratives explores identity, culture and lived experience through the objects we keep, discard and waste we create.
"Three artists led community workshops to co-create artworks that will be displayed at Ayres Road Festival. The wheelie bins provide windows on a number of magical, miniature worlds, created by people from Old Trafford. They have to be seen to be believed."
You can find out more about free activities at OT Creative Space, 27 Ayres Road, Old Trafford M16 9WA by popping in between 9am-4pm Monday-Thursday or phoning/Whatsapping 07823504223.
The wheelie bin galleries will be revealed at Ayres Road Festival on Saturday 21 June 2025 from 1pm.