The "Cathedral of Junk" created by Vince Hannemann. Literally built from otherpeople's junk - with help from some wire framing and concrete.
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A concerned-looking teddy bear awaits his fate as the guillotine blade whooshesdown on his neck at the "Jim Hates Work House."
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Jim Mansour holds the head of a guillotine victim at his artyard installation"Jim Hates Work."
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Bird cages hang from a Live Oak tree in Sharon Smith's artyard.
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Sharon Smith's "Tree of Life" sculpture is just one of many found-object piecesin her artyard on Choquette Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Austin.
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Mannequins, doll heads, cactus and yucca are the predominant elements of ScottStevens' "Smutt Putt Heaven" artyard.
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Scott Stevens' "Smutt Putt Heaven" is a tribute to Alice Cooper, his favoritemusician.
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Room Service Vintage Owner Lucretia lines her front and back yard with colorfulbowling balls at the "Alleycat" artyard.
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At the "Museum of Ephemerata" in South Austin, a salvaged archway from theCathedral of Junk's partial deconstruction due to city ordinance last year.Museum of Ephemerata by Jen and Scott Webel. Cathedral of Junk by VinceHannemann.
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At the Stellhaus artyard, a 16-foot monkey welcomes passersby. Created by TimStell.
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Arlinda Abbott's "Texotica Gardens" artyard is full of colorful found objects.
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Sparky Park - an old electric substation - was transformed into a public artyardby Berthold Haas.
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