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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, named one of the best sculpture parks in the country in a recent USA Today 10Best competition, has been open to the public since 2017. Sculpture parks were ...

Artist Vollis Simpson uses whirligigs to inspire his hometown of Wilson, NC. For most of his 94 years, Vollis Simpson worked as a farmer, house mover and self-taught artist. When his town of ...

Explore the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC and learn about the artist. Explore the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in historic downtown Wilson and learn about American Folk Artist ...

The giant whirligigs in the park at the festival are permanent fixtures — the works of the late farm machinery repairman Vollis Simpson. Simpson, who was called the “visionary artist of the ...

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 ...

The sun sets Friday, Oct. 30, 2017 at the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com Work on the the 2-acre park in what was once the “World’s Greatest Tobacco ...

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 ...