Armadillo - Wall Walking - St Petersburg, FL - Car Part Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Description: Large abstracted armadillo made from welded machine parts and found objects. Discarded automobile bumpers form the front and rear parts of the shell and tail. The body is made out of the coil from an asphalt heater. The scales are punched out of car bumpers; the toe nails are made out of drag line buckets; and eyes are from gears. The sculpture looks as though walking down stone wall.

Remarks: IAS files contain related articles from St. Petersburg Times, April 18, 1979; Oct. 29, 1980; and Aug. 21, 1987. Materials donated by W.L. Cobb Construction Company, Coastal Steel Construction Company, Alert Bumper and the people of St. Petersburg. Artist's employment funded by grants from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the City of St. Petersburg's Fine Arts Maximum Usage Squandra and the Art Resource Corps.

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Physical Address: 1104 Country Club Dr St PEtersburg, FL usa 33707 Business Name: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Web Address: Not listed

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