Forkland, Alabama: Jim Bird's Hay Bale Art and Tin Man
Since 1993 rancher Jim Bird has been populating a field along the Demopolis Hwy with creatures and vehicles made of hay bales and farm junk -- including a 32-foot-tall Tin Man.
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The bales are a bit run down and we didn't run into Jim, but it was still fun to go see these! That's talent!
[ME, 04/26/2012]
Fun place. Met Jim. Nice man. His golf cart is as great an oddity as his hay bale sculptures.
In the photo of Jim in his golf cart, the air hose activates five paper party favors -- the type which roll in and out. This is the lion's tongue.
[Mary Foster, 04/04/2011]Round hay bales made into Betty Boop, a helicopter, statue of Liberty. The entrance to the driveway was old trees with Bird on the top. Had metal tin man and Snoopy and Woodstock, also.
[Debi Beckman, 05/07/2003]On a rural stretch of Alabama highway 43, there is an open field with a collection of sculptures made of haystacks, such as a pink car atop four haystack wheels, an octopus, and several other less recognizable animals with big smiley faces. A tall wooden gate leading down a dirt road in the center of the field says "BIRD." It's a fascinating and mysterious site.
The hay sculptures are between Eutaw and Demopolis on Hwy. 43. One who has been to Demopolis lately says they're "kinda falling apart now," and he thinks the farm belongs to a Bird family.
[Julie Bell, 09/12/1999][Previous 5 items] Page of 2
Jim Bird's Hay Bale Art and Tin Man
- Address:
- 16040 US-43, Forkland, AL
- Directions:
- The field of art stretches along about a half-mile on the west side of US-43/Demopolis Hwy, either 2.5 miles south of the intersection of Hwy 41/69 at Forkland, or nine miles north of the intersection of US Hwy 80 in Demopolis.
- Admission:
- Free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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For years, rancher Jim Bird has been populating a field along the Demopolis Hwy with creatures and vehicles made of hay bales and farm junk. His Tin Man is an impressive 32 feet tall.