Aiming to lift spirits of passers-by, homeless San Jose artist creates elaborate, wearable suits of armor – NBC Bay Area

Jared Clark’s choice of location for his outdoor art installation is unconventional. But, then again, so is he.

On most days, Clark can be found setting up his artistic creations along a stretch of Curtner Avenue in San Jose, right where it crosses a set of railroad tracks just east of Highway 87.

That means most people view Clark’s artistic creations at roughly 45 mph. Clark is fine with that.

“It's an experience. You're getting to experience something real quick as you go by it,” Clark said. “If you saw it, good on you. If you turned around and you wanted to take pictures of it, good on you.”

What Clark has spent years creating and now displaying are life-size suits of armor based on characters from a game called Warhammer 40,000. Clark uses recycled materials like large pieces of fo