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...........................******

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:rofl38: :rofl38: omfg :o oh dont bloody remind me mmmmmmmmmm idea i still have my crap school pottery thing hidden somewhere cos its sh*t - even my mum gave it me back, wonder how much someone will give me for it as art:rolleyes:

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Nope !!!! dont like the atom

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Yes and after driving their dog's wild with fear, they'll **** off and walk somewhere else. You provoke thought and reaction. Maybe we should stick you up on the coppice and save some money.

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Rindy reads... 'Oh no, you are right again Mr Rindy Sir. I am now convinced of it's pupose'.

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I would totally agree with you Willow.

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Me too. I've said before that is just bad. A load of poo.

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How many though? I'd love to see figures :D

Only because we've nothing better to do.

De-facing our naturally beautiful landscape for the sake of thought or reaction

They can stick it were the sun don't shine ;)

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There you go, original so you can see it better:

http://www.burnley-pendle.co.uk/video/index.html

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Morecambe?:D

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Learn to bloody read.

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Perfect place .... :D

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I can.

Your 'dot dot dot dot dot dot ******' = my accurate correct interpretation.:D

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Just watched the Video Neal, nice job.

Why the Fence?

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i am sure that singing tree will become famous. i used to work with someone from burnley and the only times he knew where opening time and last orders :D

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It seems there's a lot of jealousy around here that Burnley have such a wonderful piece of art in their borough. :rolleyes:

It also appears that there's very little that would suit the residents of Hyndburn when it comes to having their own. How about killing two birds with one stone. Design a piece of artwork that's sort of slopes from front to back, something like a flat umbrella but very large. For location you could stick it out on a piece of land near the Crown pub, and wait for it, the beauty of this panopticon is that it could also be functional allowing people to shelter underneath it :D :D :D :D :D

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Mmmm i would rather a roof for the stanley than a panopticon anyday:D

Just thought if that was case we'd have our own singing roof - once we shove the ultra's in :p:D

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Hey if u want a singing tree, start with having a tree in the 1st place [a real one not metal] then put a few windchimes on it - hey presto a singing tree :rolleyes: well a nicer racket than that thing in Burnley.

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Looks like a scaffolding firm as had a clear out.

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Why did Gayle post a picture of Jewsons yard at the start of this thread?:)

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Accrington has got one. The official opening will be held sometime in July.

It's to be called the Warm Summer of Earth:

http://www.sucs.org/~em/wiblog/resized%20snowman.jpg

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Don't appear to be able to open your latest effort Neal .. just the egg timer for yonks :confused:

Do I like it ?? Mmmmm .... sort of ... put me off when Doug mentioned a foot sticking out of the ground .. can't get this image out of my head now.
Agree with some of you others, best one up to yet ... except I do like the Angel of the North and the Wicker Man.

Why don't they do something that depicts the area though, or am I missing summat ? and why not an image that is more pleasing to most people ;whoever decided on it, must have know would bring criticism and gibes. Ok, lots of people will go up there (wherever Crown point is) out of curiosity just the once ... bet it's not long before Willow hot foots it .. she won't be able to resist .. :D

As for the atom, don't know how the celebrities that were at the 'unveiling' kept there faces straight, don't you just know is going to start smelling a little strongly as no public toilets nearby :eek: I see it's made of copper !! just hope thief proof.

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Hummph, as long as we are chained to the kitchen sink for only him to view (you will have to find a previous post to understand this one :rolleyes: )

In San Diego they had (temporary exhibition) a line of trees made from metal lining the harbour, all different types.. I thought these were beautiful and pleasing to the eye... these would have made a lovely orchard on Crown Point and children would have found them more interesting.

This was one of them ... Ok. you all going to have a go now :- This one was named the Puzzle Tree.

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Nothing to do with the council

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gave them planning permision dident they lol

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Yeh, madmal was just going to post on this point meself .. surely, would need planning permission to decide whether it 'fits in with the environment and surroundings' and for the good of the community. As it so obviously doesn't .. generates a question.

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So obvious to who though ? It's all a matter of personal taste. I'm pretty sure there are lots of buildings/objects in every town that some people don't like the look of but others do.

I don't see how it can do any harm to the community. Not unless someone uses the pipes to lauch a few scud missiles at the town :D

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OK .. just rung Planner son and asked why a council would pass such a construction.. the answer was, they would consider:-

Cultural Enhancement.
Creating an identity, not just for Burnley, but for the whole of the North West (NWDA).
Publicity to bring in the visitors. (even bad publicity is good)

Still a blot on the landscape though 'innit ?

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Lancsdave are you getting defensive of this pile of pipes?

I would like to see some photos of it from the valley floor, I might pop over mid week to have a look but I’ll have to find something else to make the journey worth it.

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The same was said about the Eiffel Tower :D

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I reserve judgement on the pipes. I suspect you have to go and see them and their surroundings in person to get any real aspect.

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Not a valid point lancsdave .. was only meant to be temporary but at least you can go up there and see the whole of Paris which is wonderful, and does obviously generate great interest and income. Also they have built lovely surroundings around it to make it an extremely pleasant place to visit. Not stuck on a windy moor.

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I'll grant you that. I will pop and have a look, maybe get some piccys at ground level.

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Well I quite like it,and I like the one in Blackburn that has massively enhanced and made safe a structure that would otherwise become even more dilpidated and unusable.So there !

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I don't think it ruins the landscape at all, in fact I think it should be a little bigger.

Walking up the path towards it when it's making it's tune and seeing the scenery in the background I think is fantastic. IMO it fits in perfectly and gives the area more beauty.

My only bad points about it, it's too small and should be named something else.

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Yet another waste of money by the arty farty brigade. Are they allied to the PC brigade? The blessed thing doesn't even work. They were saying on Radio Lancs the other day that it was too windy so it wasn't making the right sort of noise. They've stuck it in wrong place up there if they don't like wind.

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Obviously they need wind because otherwise it won't make a sound at all but that was the wrong sort of wind. They don't want noisy wind, or very strong wind. :rolleyes:

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I'm sorry but I need to put a stop to this right away. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the noise that it is making - it is doing precisely what it was expected to do.

It is a wind sculpture - it makes a different noise depending on which direction the wind is blowing in and at what strength the wind is blowing at. There is no design flaw or fault in this whatsoever. That is one of the interesting things about it - the wind is meant to affect the sound!

The launch day was the windiest day ever but that does not mean that it was not working correctly. It was working perfectly.

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The money spent on this piece of 'three dimensional' graffiti could have fed a few hungry mouths, housed a homeless person or contributed to our NHS. It is high time this professional 'wooly hat' brigade was kicked into touch, the only thing they are succesfull with is the ability to obtain public funds to squander on such rubbish as this.

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Would you say the same thing about money spent on teaching art in schools, including any sort of music?

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I must disagree - I like it - its different and thats what we need something
to brighten up the dull days of Winter;)

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Well, having seen this particular 'object' I cannot understand why anyone would ever object to a wind turbine being placed there instead, the turbine would look far more pleasing, be of some practical use and generate far less noise for people to object to.

In comparison to this pile of old sewer pipes a wind turbine is the ultimate piece of 'art'.

http://www.panopticons.uk.net/images/SRT.jpghttp://www.energyprojects.co.uk/images/wind_turbine.jpg

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"Singing Ringing tree"?

Turn the piccy upside down and what do you get? A carbuncled foot inside a sweaty, holed sock, stuck on t'top of t'hill. How much has the taxpayer forked out for this nonsense?

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They already have quite a few wind turbines in Burnley though, they all look the same :D

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It the same with Dingles, :D but we wouldn't want to sick one on top of the coppice, although there might be one or two planted up there.....:eek:

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It’s going to terrorise the sheep………..

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Wave powered what? :eek:

Sheep? :D

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Out of currio how does it sound??? Anyone got a sound file of its dulcit tones?

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Now is the pud'n steak black white or fruit? :confused: ;) :p

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Willow, there's all sorts down the sea front these days, I see things when I'm driving down the Prom but never think to stop and look at it. :) I love the sea, but I've no time for Blackpool.

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What? the sheep or the pud'n :D

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Just a link to the East German children's television programme 'The Singing Ringing Tree', from which the title of the sculpture in Burnley is taken.


I was about three when I watched it, and the evil dwarf really freaked me out.:D


http://www.sausagenet.com/program.as...ging+Tree,+The

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[QUOTE]Don't lie you ba***rd, I remember it well and I was a lot older than three, so you must have been. :rolleyes: :)


Hang on, I knew I'd seen that dwarf before, It was sat in a Silver Cross pram we high jacked up ossy for the wheels......:D

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HEY!!! Not all blackpools bad ya know:eek: Its ok where i am :D

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St Annes? :rolleyes:

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How dare you:eek: :eek: Im far too posh for St Annes..Its full of junkies and chavs there:D Im posh bit of SS ....And yes!!! We do have a couple
left haha:)

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A couple of what?

South Shore, the only posh bit I know is the wet bit just beyond the sea wall......:D :D :D

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Well that would make me a mermaid then:cool: :rolleyes:

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or a old sea trout..........:D

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:eek: :eek: What you trying to say!!!
;)

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Are you a singing ringing tree by chance :)

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For God's sake you two, get a room.:D

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A website that features the work in Burnley.

http://www.formicon.com/archives/sculpture/index.html

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Hi Mandy. :)

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Now I like this one much better. :D :rolleyes:

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what a waste of tossing money, who the hell is going to see it at crown point??? a load of bollox if you ask me (crown point is used for one thing and one thing only) the only people who will see that are the stupid pillocks who go dogging up there

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LOL! I wonder if they'll be releasing an an album ..... Songs To Dog Along To - featuring the Singing Ringing Tree :D

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pmsfl...its up near where i used to live in loveclough tinks, they could of donated all that bloody money to the farepak fund, what a load of ****e, same as the ''beehive'' near me, thats ****e too

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Have to agree with ya' on that one Doug, wonder what happened? keep flicking back to the first page to spot the difference from the original presentation, bit like one of Willow's comps. Think might have been short changed on this one, or perhaps not enough money to complete. Think the sculptors should be sued under the trade description act or summat.

Did they not order enough pipes ? The original drawing specified 350 pipes, trying to count them, but sure not that many ! Still feel like climbing up it to paint the 'toes' a lovely shade of blushing rose. :D

Still reserving judgement though, will try and visit during Christmas week, only fair.

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When down I will pay it a visit just out of curiosity mind. Mind you if it aint playing right anyone got an acetalyne cutter I could borrow to improve the "vocal range" of it? :p :D

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ROFLMAO!!! can't wait to hear that!!

" WHO LET THE DOGGERS OUT!! WHO...WHO..WHO-WHO WHO LET THE DOGGERS OUT" :D:D

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It looked like it was going to be much bigger in the artists impression didn't it?


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...0&d=1166547344http://www.panopticons.uk.net/images/SRT.jpg

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its still crap

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Yes, Willow, I rather like the original. Totally different flow and probably blow to it.

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In the image of the real one it looks like King Kong has sat on it! :D

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Perhaps the wind got the better of them too.

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Slightly straying, I used to go to Loveclough Junior school which was probably a long time before you lived there :D

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Got to admit i do prefer the original......

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i realy like it ....

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If you take the top couple of layers off the artist's impression it looks more like what's up there now, which is a shame because those top two layers reaching upwards gave it more artistic appeal in my opinion.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1166571519http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1166571519

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Its starting to look like the shape of water going down the plughole. :rolleyes:

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It's exactly like the 'original' design - you're just looking at it from a slightly different angle that the photo has been taken from. The 'original' is about six inches high and made out of straws but has been scaled up precisely.

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Well I like it, it's a fantastic talking point (this thread proves that) and I think it looks and sounds really good.

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Good Idea Willow, we'll get rid of the real one and keep the model.....:D

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Problem is Doug the model is only a few inches high http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...lies/smile.gif
:):p

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Excellent, the small the better...............:D :D :D

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Come on Gayle, can only look at the piccies we are presented with, and will not definitely pass too strong an opinion until I have seen it with my own eyes .. but you getting what you wanted ... controversy.

Burnley Web led me to this picture which is another angle, and still doesn't look the same as the original either to me, straws or no straws :confused:

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Did put it in my junk file temporarily .. Only joking honest .. :D

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I had a wander round the "singing tree" today, wasn't making much noise though even though it was quite windy

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1179084258

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1179084258

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1179084258

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1179084258

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1179084258

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Superb photos K.S.H. We've only been up there the once and it was very foggy. Strange that it wasn't singing though in spite of the wind. Maybe they should have used organ pipes. ;)

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It does sing, honest.

Thing is we were in a no-win situation - we consulted with people who lived underneath it for about a year before it was built and the main thing that they were concerned about was the noise, especially as noise can travel, so the sound was modified - now the other side are out, saying it's too quiet.

The tree makes a wailing low eerie sort of noise. It is perfect on a day that is neither too windy or too still.

Just for the record, the tree has done exactly what was hoped - it has gained publicity in a positive way for the town. It has just been nominated for an international architecture competition, it has been published in magazines in Washington and in Holland so far, it is on Flickr, MySpace and YouTube and has been seen by 1,000s and 1,000s of people worldwide already. It was also the winner of picture of the month for Accrington Camera Club I noticed in this weeks paper.

If only other councils or residents had been able to take that same leap of faith.