I was wondering idly what the challenge was for this month, and hoping it would be something to do with animals as I have photos of a bench with a stone fox curled beneath it. It turns out she wants pix of colourful benches, and there is no way other than through a lot of digital editing my fox bench would fit.
A while ago I posted a picture of a mosaiced bench at St John’s Waterloo. Here’s a link if you’d like to see it. Obviously photos of Gaudi’s snaking benches would fit too, but it seems a good chance to share some of the many pictures of book benches that featured in London last summer.
Here are a few for starters:
Fever Pitch
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (rear)
Peter Pan (rear)
Peter Pan
There were fifty of them all together, the idea of the National Literacy Trust, shaped like open books and decorated by a cross section of people from around the country. Later they were auctioned for the trust. I became a bit obsessed by them, and took loads of photos. Sometimes it was quite hard to get a photo of one without someone sitting on it. I didn’t always succeed.
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Marvellous, especially the Mary Poppins!
I had so many favourites.
Of course! I’d forgotten those! I made share some of mine!!
Between us we may have the whole set. 🙂
I loved the ones I saw, and great to see your pics
They were just great weren’t they? I am not at all keen on the current DNA ones.
Ah, thank you for sharing these. Someone mentioned the book benches and I was hoping that I’d get to see one, and you have given me several. It appears that many colourful benches are also unusual! As for the stone fox, there is a theme coming up for people/things ON a bench but I am happy to have something UNDER the bench. After all rules are meant to be broken 😀
Thanks again for these, you have made me happy.
Thanks Jude. I have lots more, but all from the same collection, so although I am tempted to post, I think I shall keep my eyes open for something else. In fact I have one in mind already. 🙂
They are so lovely and different. Thanks again for sharing them.
Love these benches… especially Peter Pan!
Wisden was one on my favourites. I may have to post a picture if it.
Oh, these are gorgeous! I like to sit amd read – even on a kindle!
Reading is such a blessing.
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These illustrated book benches are delightful.
I admit I should have loved to have the means to buy one and somewhere to keep it.
Very clever! I would have liked to have seen these. Thanks for sharing them.
Be careful what you wish for; I may share more pictures! 🙂
These are amazing! I love public art projects like this. I, too, would love to see more shots if you have them (of course there are probably some floating around the interwebs as well).
In that case I shall. I didn’t want to bore people to death with them, but it’ll be a pleasure to oik them out and upload them.