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Summary:
Folk-art installation covering over half an acre and incorporating several buildings. The landscape is fashioned of collections of found objects including light sockets, toy trucks, pots, pans, and refrigerators. Some of the objects such as old bedposts, have been recycled as decorative edgings for planters. Old washtubs are arranged along a back wall of a building and have faces painted on them. Old highway signs are used throughout the landscape. Other objects on the site include wash tub holders, chicken brooder, lanterns, license plates, swag lamps, frying pans, mirrors, trivets, old bottles, a birdcage, unicycles and door knobs.
