Erie, Pennsylvania: Schaefer's Auto Art: VW Bug Spider
Some familiar recycled art themes in the private yard of Dick Schaefer -- well done giant insects made from cars, a missile/rocket and more.
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So creative! About 10 sculptures were made mostly of car parts.
[Nabeel, 08/12/2015]
Fantastic!
[Doug, 07/15/2015]
Crazy lawn sculptures made from cars and scrap metal... A spider made from a VW Beetle car, a bumblebee made from a SAAB, and many others.
[Bird Nerd, 07/11/2012]March 2013: Photo added. July 2012: There's also a makeshift USA rocket, a couple of police prowlers...quite the front yard of big junk art!
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Schaefer's Auto Art: VW Bug Spider
- Address:
- 3705 Hershey Rd, Erie, PA
- Directions:
- From I-79 take exit 180 and head west. Approximately 2 miles turn south on Garries Rd. Garries Rd ends at Hershey Rd (there are no street name signs at this location). Turn west on Hershey Rd and in less than a mile, the sculptures are on the south side of the road.
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Retired auto "dismantler" Dick Shaefer creates creatures in his yard from car parts and discarded metal scrap. His big bumblebee melds a car with a cement mixer. The colorful spider is in the time-honored roadside art tradition of Volkswagen bugs boosted up on insectile pipe legs.