Tree scuplture junction of East Dulwich Road UNVEILING 10am Sun 23 Feb 2014

[dansus]

val162 Wrote:

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> Am I the only one who is depressed by the

> production of this sculpture, the absence of

> design research as relates to the area, the crude

> addition of wings once the sculptor discovered

> that Blake had seen angels on Peckham Rye (though

> this is such an old chestnut - lots of other

> interesting things happened on the Rye over the

> years including a race by Boudica!), lack of

> consutation with local community, lack of

> documentation on site......

I think theres some value to what you say, and i tend to agree, but its done now. Maybe you can contact the CGS to ensure future projects are given the due process.

Although i would be careful what you wish for, too much red tape and things like this may never happen or end up costing 10x as much. A similar project in another borough cost ?50k in artist fees alone.

[hpsaucey]

PokerTime Wrote:

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> I think it's fantastic. I love every bit of it.

I'll second this. Sure the artist didn't cover costs and what a great way to use a tree stump.

Bah humbug to naysayers! Personally my kids and I are just going to enjoy looking at it as we pass.

[PokerTime]

CGS applications ARE given due process. It really annoys me how little people know about any funding schemes. Go to your community council meetings. It's easy to find out how these things work. Stop expecting everything to come to you.

At the end of the day, it's just a dead tree stump that would have been left to rot but for a local person having an idea to do something with it. Be thankful we have a local authority that gives money over for the public to spend on local projects like this.

Edited to add; crossed posts with HP but we are both saying the same thing.

[El Pibe]

There was a rather subtler carving done on Monclar road on the remains of the fallen monclar oak there.

Does anyone have any details about who did that, i wondered if it was the same chap, but on seeing the finished goods I'm doubting that?

[El Pibe]

yeah yeah, lmgtfy....

http://monclaroak.wordpress.com/

[PeckhamRose]

You miserable buncha - !

It was a dead ugly stump of a tree and it's now a beautiful carved tree stump and go awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[AbDabs]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> You miserable buncha - !

> It was a dead ugly stump of a tree and it's now a

> beautiful carved tree stump and go

> awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Sorry PeckhamRose but I'm afraid that you may have inadvertently caused some of the less positive responses. Your first post showed a photo of a tree sculpture in Malvern which, in my opinion, is a thing of great beauty and I was really looking forward to something similar. Unfortunately, what we've got is, in my opinion, extremely ugly. I would much rather see a dead tree stump.

That said, it wasn't much money and if someone got some enjoyment out of it then I am pleased. I just won't be going down to take a second look at it, and I avert my eyes when I pass it on the bus.

[steveo]

That looks like someone halfway down a vodka luge

[antantant]

The kid and I walk past the sculpture every day and we both love it.

[PeckhamRose]

I have caused nothing. Your negativity and propensity for the same has caused you to thus see - and I'll have the other half luge of vodka please!

[AbDabs]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> I have caused nothing. Your negativity and

> propensity for the same has caused you to thus see

> - and I'll have the other half luge of vodka

> please!

Ah, now I understand, it was the first half luge of vodka that makes you find it so attractive. (True of many things not just tree stumps.)

[steveo]

I meant the Malvern one in the OP

Cheers!

[PokerTime]

Sorry, but you are writing nonsense AdDabs. To feel the need to avert your eyes at something as innocuous as a tree stump is bewildering!!! And to belittle any poster by saying it must be vodka that makes them find it attractive is just rude.

[lucky]

I agree with AbDabs, pretty ugly, looking at it one feels like downing a whole bottle to forget the sight.

[Jeremy]

You can't cater for everybody's taste... just because YOU don't like a particular public piece of art, doesn't mean it shouldn't be there.

[ultraburner]

Quite like it myself.

And as for "I'd rather look at a tree stump"...

Can't please everyone.

[steveo]

Other tree stumps are available

[DulwichFox]

The interesting point (Well to me that is) that something 100 years old appears

to of been replaced by something now a few weeks old.

Like it has just been plonked there.

DulwichFox.

P.S. I still like it though. :)

[Earl Aelfheah]

It's not particularly to my taste, but I appreciate the amount of work that has gone into it and the skill of the artist. Hopefully it will bring pleasure to lot's of people. It's certainly not offensive.

[*Bob*]

Isn't there burnt-out, permanently derelict building less than two minutes walk from there?

But no, this carved tree stump is definitely the thing that offend my eye the most. Absolutely.

[PeckhamRose]

Love ya *bob* x