Arkansians are a tough lot; we don’t need another sculpture of a torso with a hole in it to help us grieve for our losses from the Memorial Day storm. We tend to laugh at adversity and chuckle at our problems.” This sculpture includes 12 tiny trampolines being sucked up into the tornado in honor of those who so kindly donated springs from trampolines destroyed by the tornado.
The 9ft high, 500-pound tornado sculpture is made from around 475 trampoline springs collected from the Rogers Arkansas community after the Memorial weekend tornado destroyed parts of the town. The tornado hangs from part of a scrapped shortwave antenna and is bearing down on a small town including a replica of the town’s water tower, a small church and house, and other small elements made from the storm debris. To view the sculpture up close one must step under the canopy of the tornado, adding to the sense of impending destruction. The sculpture is currently open for viewing in the unique setting of Tom Flynn's metal art studio in Rogers AR. We hope it will find a permanent location and be embraced by our local community.