>> SAL’ MASSACHUSETTS HAS A PIECE AND ST STILLNESS.
JUST BEYOND THE DOCS YOU WILL FIND A DIFFERENT VIEW TAKE FLIGHT.
A PLACE WHERE SCRAP METAL GOES TO FIND NEW LIFE.
THIS WILL GENERATE A LOT OF BROKEN TOOLS.
>> DID YOU THROW ANYTHING OUT?
>> NEVER.
I AM A COLLECTOR .
>> HERB HAS SPENT THE LAST 40 YEARS BENDING AND SOLDERING THIS CURIOUS WONDER.
>> I DO NOT PLAY GOLF OR THAT.
IT IS JUST GOOD THERAPY.
>> THE RESULTS ARE MINDBENDING.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT.
IT DO NOT MATTER.
>> THE GATE, ADORNED WITH A WEATHERED BRASS AND COPPER, I ALWAYS OPEN THE ENTRY FEE -- FREE.
SHE WILL NOT SEE THIS WITH A PRICE TAG, BUT SOMEHOW THIS IS CONSTANTLY FULL.
>> I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A BAD CHECK.
>> FOLKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD OFTEN FIND TREASURE AND WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTINED FOR THE TRASH.
A LADY CAME OVER FROM WALES AND BROUGHT THE TREES AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO WALES.
>> SOMETHING HE FINDS HUMOR IN.
>> THEY GAVE ME $40 FOR IT.
>> HE DOES NOT NEED THE MONEY.
MOST GOES TO CHARITY.
HE FINDS HIS RICHE ELSEWHERE.
>> I AM A MILLIONAIRE.
>> HE IS SLOWING DOWN, THE GRANDKID ARE READY TO REPRESENT THE THIRD-GENERATION OF MAKING STUFF.
THEY KNOW THIS MAKESHIFT MUSEUM TO EVERYTHING REST, METAL, AND REPURPOSED WELL.
>> IF I TOUCH THE HEAD IT WILL MOVE?
>> YEAH.
>> READY?
>> THEY STILL HAVE SOME TO LEARN.
>> HAVE YOU EVER COUNTED HOW MANY THINGS ARE HERE?
>> NOT REALLY ACTUALLY.
I SHOULD DO THAT.
>> AND A GREAT DEAL OF MAINTENANCE AHEAD.
>> HE USED TO HAVE A BODY, BUT HE HAS TO GET WELDED BACK ON.
>> BOTH TALUS THEY WILL PRESERVE GRANDPA’S VIEW AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
♪ I SAW ONE OF YOUR PIECES IN THE PARK.
HOW DID IT G THERE?
[LAUGHTER] >> AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
ART SITTING BY THE ROAD, IN THE YARD, A UNIQ COLLABORATION IS BRINGING A SCAVENGER HUNT TO NEWTON.
>> YOU REALLY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THIS IS OR YOU HAVE TO COME ACROSS IT.
THAT IS THE FUN.
AND WALK THROUGH THE WHAT’S OFTEN REVEALS NEW PERSPECTIVE AND NOW, A NEW HOME FOR MARY BETH’S HUMAN SCULPTURES.
>> LINDA LOVES SITTING AND BEING SEEN BY OTHER PEOPLE.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT MODELS WE HAD.
>> WHEN SHE DECIDED TO DOWNSIZE HER HOME SHE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE ART SHE SPENT HALF A LIFETIME GAINING THE COURAGE TO MOLD AND ANOTHER HALF CREATING.
>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ART AND I WAS ALWAYS TOLD NO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE VERY GOOD, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY.
FINALLY I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO BECOME AN ARTIST.
>> MARY BETH CREATED OVER 100 OF THESE TERRA-COTTA FIGURES.
HER NEIGHBOR BOUGHT 20 OF THEM.
BUT WHERE WOULD SHE PUT THEM ALL?
WITH ART IN PARTICULAR I FEEL LIKE IT IS SO SAD IF YOU GET LOST OR THROWN AWAY OR SQUIRRELED AWAY IN AN ATTIC OR BASEMENT.
ART IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED.
ART IS MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED.
WE WANTED THEM TO BE IN PUBLIC PLACES, BUT WE WANTED TO BE IN PLACES THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY BELONGED.
>> SHE DECIDED TO DISPLAY THE FIGURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY.
THERE WAS SO MUCH INTEREST THAT THREE OF THEM SOLD.
THE PRICE?
A DONATION TO PATHWAYS TO POSSIBLE, A NEWTON-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
>> WE DID STOP SELLING THEM BECAUSE IT BECAME SO POPULAR WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY OUT OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
>> FOR THI DUO, IT IS ABOUT MORE THAN ART AND EVEN SUPPORTING A LOCAL CAUSE IT IS ABOUT CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL TO ENJOY.
>> WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO RIGHT NOW IN THIS WEIRD WORLD OF COVID.
SHAYNA: WE CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE 17 SCULPTURES ARE HIDDEN.
JOAN KING SAYS FINDING THEM IS MEANT TO BE A FUN SCAVENGER HUNT.
BACK TO HERB MACKEY, HE SAYS HIS FAVORITE MEMORY IS OF HIS LATE WIFE.
SHE LOVED THE OCEAN AND HE PURCHASED THE HOM