Bird Farm tin man

Forkland, Alabama, United States

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Bird's Farm in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama, is a roadside art environment of hay and scrap-metal sculptures made by Jim Bird from 1993, including a 32-foot Tin Man, according to SPACES Archives (2023).

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Approximate location · 32.647° N, 87.910° W

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Bird's Farm outside Forkland, Alabama, is a roadside field of hay-bale and scrap-metal sculptures made by the late Jim Bird, whose best-known work was a 32-foot Tin Man.

According to SPACES Archives, artist Jim Bird, who died in 2023, began making sculptures from hay and metal in 1993, intending "something for bored drivers to look at". The archive says there have been more than 80 creations over the years, among them a caterpillar, reindeer, a ship, a railroad engine, an alarm clock and a spider. Three posts with cut-out letters spelling "Acta Non Verba" were the first sign that drivers should slow down.

SPACES describes the Tin Man as having bathtubs for feet, a body of 55-gallon drums, a fuel tank and a red heart reading "Jim loves Lib", and gives its height as 32 feet. The Encyclopedia of Alabama places the farm on Highway 43 in Forkland, Greene County, and describes the works as made from hay bales and found materials. In 2023 SPACES wrote that the family planned to continue an annual "May Hay Day" to help maintain the sculptures and build new ones, and that the park was viewable from the Demopolis Highway. The farm is private property and the sculptures are seen from the road.

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In 2023 SPACES Archives described sculptures of hay, farm equipment and found objects along the highway, with the Tin Man as the best-known, and said the family planned an annual May Hay Day to maintain them. The farm is private property; view the sculptures from the road only.

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Highway 43 at Forkland, Greene County, Alabama, according to the Encyclopedia of Alabama; SPACES Archives gives Demopolis Highway and said in 2023 that the sculptures are viewable from the road. The farm is private property; SPACES Archives says it can be viewed from the road. Check locally on whether all the sculptures remain in place after the artist's death in 2023.

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