Coming to a wood near you...

[Mesquite]

Saw a link to these on a friends FB page and thought folks would appreciate them. I'd certainly enjoy seeing them down the local woods

A couple more an be seen here and more info about the artist can be found here

 

[boatman]

Like all "public art" this is an example of foisting the taste of one person or a committee on the public. If you want your wood urbanised, enjoy.

 

[bambodoggy]

At the risk of sounding like a cultural Philistine, you say "Art", I say "vandalism".



Don't get me wrong, it's very impressive art and very nicely done......but the trees still looked better to me as they were

 

[JonathanD]

To me they ruin the natural beauty of the tree.

 

[Robbi]

I think they are great imagine wandering through the woods after a herbal roll-up and seeing those ! Hahahahaha !!

you wouldn't sleep for a week ! Hahahahahaha !!...........Brill

 

[JonathanD]

Admittedly they are cool. I particularly like this one. But I'm not keen on anything that would be permanent or deface the tree in definitely. It looks like it would be pretty hard to remove without damaging the tree.

 

[John Fenna]

At the risk of sounding like a cultural Philistine, you say "Art", I say "vandalism".



Don't get me wrong, it's very impressive art and very nicely done......but the trees still looked better to me as they were

Plus one to that!

 

[sunndog]

Not really in keeping with the "leave no trace" ethos

 

[Stew]

At the risk of sounding like a cultural Philistine, you say "Art", I say "vandalism".



Don't get me wrong, it's very impressive art and very nicely done......but the trees still looked better to me as they were

Yep, I agree.

 

[Swallow]

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[SteveW]

I did see a wood spirit picture recently, can't remember where, but I liked it. I'd hate to see a whole forest covered in "art", but the odd tree, I dont mind.

 

[bojit]

I like them , isn't photo shop great ;-)

Craig. ......

 

[JonathanD]

The one I like isn't photoshopped. That one's real.

 

[British Red]

I quite like them to be honest. I would hate to see thousands of them - but just one in a large wood? Why not - its quite humorous and the scars in the trees are there anyway. Its really just a variant on a wood spirit. Nothing to get bent out of shape over.

 

[petrochemicals]

Like all "public art" this is an example of foisting the taste of one person or a committee on the public. If you want your wood urbanised, enjoy.

Ditto, you are getting into the realms of advertising and branding

 

[Toddy]

They're a little vivid for my taste, but, to occasionally find something like that in a woodland is fun

Not so keen on the gruesome, but then I hate most of the modern OTT Halloween zombified and mutilated kind of masks too.

Quirky, or slightly entish though....yes, those I could live with

Landscape 'art' is such an emotive topic; I think the Kelpies and the others creations by Andy Scott are brilliant
http://www.thekelpies.co.uk/

My cousin though, he resents the impostion of these kinds of things on the landscape.
My response that people have been doing it for thousands of years (chalk horses for instance) falls on deaf ears

M

 

[JonathanD]

These I really like..

It would be amazing to see them after a few dozen seasons. Pity that vandals would see them off long before that. We had an amazing one here last yeat and it's been vandalised and hacked at.

 

[bambodoggy]

Yer, those I do like JD

Mary, just coz we've been doing something for thousands of years doesn't mean we should have been doing it or should still be doing it

 

[JonathanD]

I'd rather have these than 'Katy is a slapper' carved into a tree.

 

[delbach]

I'd rather have these than 'Katy is a slapper' carved into a tree.

Do you know Katy as well do you
Andrew