Once the grass is fertilized, the shrubs are trimmed, the beds are weeded and mulched and the flowers are planted for the spring, your yard still might lack a certain sparkle.

An assortment of wheel-thrown ceramic garden totem poles. Yard art is the bright spot in many a drab lawn, but in New Orleans it goes beyond the standard gnomes, concrete geese or plastic flamingos.

For example, I accompanied him on a trip to a bypassed, down-at-the-heel little town in the Mississippi Delta where Felder was promoting a scheme to fill every front yard with homemade yard art.

A Tiverton man has a passion of taking unwanted, recyclable items and turning them into art.