New York-born Adam Farrington received creative encouragement as a youngster from his artistic parents; early exposure to art compelled him to work on his own projects from a young age. He recalls making "flood towers" when he was six on the family's property in upstate New York.

Inspired by junk, society's cast offs, and the idea that obsolescence is just a lack of context, Farrington now "makes stuff" in his studio home near the French Quarter in New Orleans, working mostly with sheet metal and salvaged pieces.