Artist turns trash into furniture — crafting a message about Biscayne Bay You can shop at the Bay Store studio in Miami through Sunday Artist creates furniture out of Miami's trash MIAMI – James Quinaz is building a shelving unit, but it’s what he’s making it with that he really wants you to pay attention to: A huge plastic construction barrier he found on one of the Spoil Islands in northern Biscayne Bay, trash that had probably been submerged for years. “This was a beast to take back but we did it,” Quinaz says. “When I found it, was filled with water as well.”