Barnyard Promenade
recycled local materials
Fort Worth, TX
2022
Twelve 19'-tall working, kinetic weather vane sculptures installed along three miles of the North Beach Corridor, from Shiver Road to Timberland Boulevard. Pivoting with the direction of the wind, the weather vanes are in the shapes of animals native to the area. Each animal is made from locally sourced recycled materials that share a thematic relationship with traits or behavior associated with it:
armadillo of truck bumpers and shovel heads
song bird of birdhouses
cow of lawnmower blades
coyote of chain link fencing
hawk of airplane wings
horse of bicycles
longhorn of fabricated railroad tracks and nails
rabbit of leaf springs
racoon of trashcans
rooster of baseball bats
snake of wheels
tortoise of mailboxes
Photos courtesy Ralph Lauer.
