More tin and metal junk art in Nungarin, Western Australia / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

October 6, 2025 2:39am CST

The little town of Nungarin in the wheatbelt of Western Australia held a street market today. It’s one of the three towns close to where a concert was held and each town has had additional events and entertainments hoping to cash in on the extra tourists in the region. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t kind today and it drizzled a lot. It could have been worse but I’m sure it put some people off going to the markets. Most were under cover or in shops so that was a good thing. There were two stalls there with people selling metal junk art. One was the man who supplies Wongan Hills tourist office and I’ve shown some of his work before. At the front of his pieces, he had a pelican with a fish in its beak. I’ve put up a photo of a similar one before. This photo shows part of the collection that was for sale. When we drove to the caravan park, I saw one of the tin kangaroos in a garden.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (484814)

• Italy

6 Oct

What a shame the weather was not good, all those metal crafts are beautiful.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

I know he sold a few pieces. I'm beginning to think I could have a little chicken without upsetting anyone.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (484814)

• Italy

6 Oct

@JudyEv

The little chicken is really cute.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (203076)

• United States

6 Oct

There's a lot of work involved in these pieces.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

There is indeed. We watched him packing them up and he had heavy leather gloves on as the edges are quite sharp.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (123491)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Oct

He is very good. They all look great

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Oct

He is very talented. Some of the animals had very cute expressions.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14471)

• Ireland

6 Oct

@judyev I’d love one of those pieces for my garden. A too might be incongruous but a sheep or chicken would fit right in.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

I'm a bit sorry I didn't get a chicken. Surely no-one could complain about that.

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Fleur

@Fleura (32838)

• United Kingdom

6 Oct

Those are great - love the chicken especially!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

Some are better than others. He has done a great mallee fowl which has been placed just off a wildflower walk so it's in a natural setting. I need to write about it.

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Baconstripsxxx

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (15989)

• Torrington, Connecticut

6 Oct

I think that's pretty neat, My dad used to let me weld old metal scraps from our truck shop and id make abstract metal pieces

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

I come across more and more of these sorts of sculptures. Do you still make pieces? Is there a market for them there?

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Baconstripsxxx

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (15989)

• Torrington, Connecticut

6 Oct

@JudyEv No, I would just learn to weld using scrap metals from my repair shop. All creations were eventually junked for scrap metal

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363805)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Oct

@BACONSTRIPSXXX The blacksmith/farrier who shod my horses was very good at his job but said he had no imagination to make original pieces.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (79355)

• United States

11 Oct

I love those things. There’s a “folk art” (or “junk art,” or whatever anyone wants to call it) place at a rest area in Berea, Kentucky, home of Berea College. I think that’s so cool that they have it at a rest area so visitors can see some of the artwork.