Junk art in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

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I’m not really into dinosaurs so I don’t know what this junk sculpture is supposed to represent but it’s obviously a dinosaur of one sort or another. This was in the rather messy yard of Chunky, a Kalgoorlie identity who has a passion for woodwork, although the dinosaur is metal. He uses mostly reclaimed timbers and never wastes any of the offcuts. All the tiny pieces are put in a tumbler until as smooth as washed pebbles and come out as, perhaps, buttons or toggles. He also strings small pieces together to make little wooden animals. I’ll have another post about him later.