Tree-Tailed Tire Hopper, (sculpture).

Tree-Tailed Tire Hopper, (sculpture).

Miller, Alice Guffey, 1951- , sculptor.

Tree-Tailed Tire Hopper, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1988.

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Skidder and truck tires, wood, and chain.

Approx. 8 1/2 ft. x 50 ft. x 115 ft.

An abstract, playground sculpture that the artist describes as a "sort of mix between a dinosaur, lizard, and a big bug," made from a series of buried tires stacked in a long S-curve from tail to head. There are six "legs" made of timbers, forming low triangles perpendicular to each other, three to a side, spaced about eighteen feet apart starting at the "head" and ending about mid-section. Branched tree forms are buried at the head and tail. There are a series of vertical posts along the spine running the length of the area defined by the tree forms, in the center of the spine and connected by a "web" of chain links.

Animal -- Insect

Animal -- Other -- Dinosaur

Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Hatfield

Located Hatfield Elementary School. Third & Dequeen, playground south of school building, Hatfield, Arkansas

Administered by Hatfield Elementary School District, Route 4, Box 668-A, Mena, Arkansas 71953

The sculpture was partially funded through a $1,100 grant from the Arkansas Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, matched by the Hatfield School System. The artist was sculptor-in-residence for the Arts Council, and the sculpture was made with the help of the students from kindergarten through the 12th grade. Sculpture is used as playground equipment, and it was dedicated during National Art Week, 1988. IAS files contain three related articles from The Mena Star: July 14, 1988, pg. 3; Nov. 19, 1988, pg. 4; and Vol. 90, no. 203, pg. 1.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.

The Mena Star, Nov. 19, 1988, pg. 4.

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