RALEIGH, N.C. Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled ...

LUCAMA, N.C. (AP) — When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson’s machine ... But the cacophony of sound from the 29 whirligigs that Mr. Simpson built over a period ...

When you visit the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, bring a neck pillow. You’ll probably have the same reaction everyone does: to stare upward, open-mouthed, in amazement. Watching these kinetic ...

“If he goes to the junkyard and finds 25 fans, he comes home and makes 25 whirligigs,” said Leonard Simpson, a 54-year-old television producer in Greensboro, N.C., who is one of Vollis Simpson ...

With the help of approximately $2 million in grants and donations, a few organizations in nearby Wilson are building the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. It's scheduled to open in November 2013.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Vollis Simpson, a self-taught North Carolina artist famed for his whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, has died. He was 94. Beth Liles of Joyner's Funeral Home confirmed the ...

“Whirligig is just sort of a general term used for things that move in the wind like this,” said Kimberly Van Dyk, Wilson Planning and Community Revitalization director. “Vollis Simpson got ...

It's his largest--three tons of whirligig. At 94, Vollis Simpson died not far from his workshop. He created in North Carolina, his fields full of windmills and whirligigs. He didn't like to travel ...

Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled heating and ...

Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled heating and ...