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Video: Jack Barker: Inspiration from Junk

Jack Barker's Metal Menagerie

Retired mechanic and former nuke plant guard Jack Barker is an artist. If you have any doubt, just look at the field in front of his shop. Jack showed us around a bit, and talked about his creative process.

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