Giant kookaburra built by Australian man during lockdown: 'People adore it'
An Australian man has used his time in lockdown to create a 750kg sculpture of a laughing kookaburra that he says will bring joy to the community in bleak times.
Dr Farvardin Daliri, an academic and artist, debuted the huge bird this week on the streets of Brisbane, and will soon take it north to the Townsville Cultural Festival.
“I started making it during Christmas,” he said. “Then the design was altered and I decided to have it laughing, with movement and stuff. It didn’t get completed. But when the lockdown started I had time to basically make it laugh.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/27/people-adore-it-australian-man-spends-lockdown-building-giant-kookaburra

Dr Farvardin Daliri, an academic and artist, debuted the huge bird this week on the streets of Brisbane, and will soon take it north to the Townsville Cultural Festival.
“I started making it during Christmas,” he said. “Then the design was altered and I decided to have it laughing, with movement and stuff. It didn’t get completed. But when the lockdown started I had time to basically make it laugh.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/27/people-adore-it-australian-man-spends-lockdown-building-giant-kookaburra

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