'Kustom Laser Art by Oz' featured in May

The Belfair Self-Storage art wall is devoting May to showcasing Allyn resident Michael Osborn's "Kustom Laser Art by Oz" lasear-cut wood artwork, complete with an artist reception featuring Osborn at 5 p.m. on May 20 at the business, 23270 NE state Route 3.

Osborn's roots as an artist are in Euless, Texas, with a job at Fegan Fine Art & Restoration to restore several truckloads of antiques from homes flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

Osborn discovered he enjoyed "working with my hands to restore precious items" after they'd spent days floating in flooded homes. He learned to combat mold and water-...