street tree carvings

[kevwrenn]

some time ago there was a thread which included comments on carvings, and i mentioned a street tree in Lincoln (Cambridge ave) which had its stump left standing and was carved. I have been working on the street again and managed to get a few photos, but only phone piccies so not great quality. I couldnt find the original thread, so here they are, all different views of the same stem.

[skyhuck]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kevwrenn]

certainly more interesting than just getting the stump grinder in and filling the hole with tarmac!

[David Humphries]

Wish there was more of this.

 

Must have taken ages.

 

Any idea who?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[David oakman]

I went to the wood carving championships 50 of them 1 piece of timber each different types of wood and 4 days wow you should see what they produced,the carvings were auctioned off for charity one or two of them feched about £3000.

[kevwrenn]

no idea whi did the work, if Damion sees this he may know the name of a carver who was living locally on a boat at the time it appeared. if it is him, the same guy also did a pair of chairs in a local park. could possibly find out through council contacts at work!

[Mesterh]

There are quite a few carvings like this in Liverpool I'll try and get some photos if i can.

[Paul Smith]

Very nice, a few hours there I think! Here is the original thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2074&highlight=monolith